Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated CZT(S,Se) photovoltaic device and battery
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Application No.: US16514032Application Date: 2019-07-17
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Publication No.: US10938340B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Priscilla D. Antunez , Richard A. Haight , James B. Hannon , Teodor K. Todorov
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Michael J. Chang, LLC
- Agent Robert Sullivan
- Main IPC: H02S40/38
- IPC: H02S40/38 ; H01L31/072 ; H01L31/032 ; H01L31/0224 ; H02S40/36 ; H01M10/46 ; H01L31/048 ; H01M10/052 ; H01M10/0562 ; H01L31/18

Abstract:
An integrated kesterite (e.g., CZT(S,Se)) photovoltaic device and battery is provided. In one aspect, a method of forming an integrated photovoltaic device and battery includes: forming a photovoltaic device having a substrate, an electrically conductive layer, an absorber layer, a buffer layer, a transparent front contact, and a metal grid; removing the substrate and the electrically conductive layer from the photovoltaic device to expose a backside surface of the absorber layer; forming at least one back contact on the backside surface of the absorber layer; and integrating the photovoltaic device with a battery, wherein the integrating includes connecting i) a positive contact of the battery with the back contact on the backside surface of the absorber layer and ii) a negative contact of the battery with the metal grid on the transparent front contact. An integrated photovoltaic device and battery is also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190341883A1 Integrated CZT(S,Se) Photovoltaic Device and Battery Public/Granted day:2019-11-07
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