公开(公告)号：US08693097B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-08

申请号：US12923146

申请日：2010-09-03

申请人： David M. Broadway ,  Yiwei Lu ,  Willem den Boer ,  Darrell Golden ,  Paul Patriacca ,  Gregory Scott

发明人： David M. Broadway ,  Yiwei Lu ,  Willem den Boer ,  Darrell Golden ,  Paul Patriacca ,  Gregory Scott

IPC分类号： G02B1/11 ,  G02B1/12

CPC分类号： G02B1/115 ,  C03C17/3435 ,  C03C2217/734

摘要： A coated article includes a temperable antireflection (AR) coating that utilizes medium and low index (index of refraction “n”) layers having compressive residual stress in the AR coating. In certain example embodiments, the coating may include the following layers from the glass substrate outwardly: silicon oxynitride (SiOxNy) medium index layer/high index layer/low index layer. In certain example embodiments, depending on the chemical and optical properties of the high index layer and the substrate, the medium and low index layers of the AR coating are selected to cause a net compressive residual stress and thus optimize the overall performance of the antireflection coating when the coated article is tempered and/or heat-treated.

摘要翻译： 涂覆制品包括使用在AR涂层中具有压缩残余应力的中等和低折射率（折射率“n”）层的可回火抗反射（AR）涂层。 在某些示例性实施例中，涂层可以包括从玻璃基板向外的以下层：氮氧化硅（SiO x N y）介质折射率层/高折射率层/低折射率层。 在某些示例性实施方案中，根据高折射率层和基底的化学和光学性质，选择AR涂层的介质和低折射率层以产生净压缩残余应力，从而优化抗反射涂层的整体性能 当涂层制品回火和/或热处理时。

公开(公告)号：US20090084438A1

公开(公告)日：2009-04-02

申请号：US12232619

申请日：2008-09-19

申请人： Willem den Boer ,  Yiwei Lu ,  David Broadway ,  Bryce Corsner

发明人： Willem den Boer ,  Yiwei Lu ,  David Broadway ,  Bryce Corsner

IPC分类号： H01L31/00

CPC分类号： H01L31/02168 ,  H01L31/022466 ,  H01L31/022475 ,  Y02E10/50

摘要： This invention relates to a front electrode/contact for use in an electronic device such as a photovoltaic device. In certain example embodiments, the front electrode of a photovoltaic device or the like includes a multilayer coating including at least one transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer (e.g., of or including a material such as tin oxide, ITO, zinc oxide, or the like) and/or at least one conductive substantially metallic IR reflecting layer (e.g., based on silver, gold, or the like). In certain example instances, the multilayer front electrode coating may include one or more conductive metal(s) oxide layer(s) and/or one or more conductive substantially metallic IR reflecting layer(s) in order to provide for reduced visible light reflection, increased conductivity, cheaper manufacturability, and/or increased infrared (IR) reflection capability.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及用于诸如光伏器件的电子设备中的前电极/触点。 在某些示例性实施例中，光伏器件等的前电极包括多层涂层，其包括至少一个透明导电氧化物（TCO）层（例如，由氧化锡，ITO，氧化锌或 类似）和/或至少一个导电的基本上金属的IR反射层（例如，基于银，金等）。 在某些示例中，多层前电极涂层可以包括一个或多个导电金属氧化物层和/或一个或多个导电的基本上金属的IR反射层，以便提供减少的可见光反射， 增加的电导率，更便宜的可制造性和/或增加的红外（IR）反射能力。

公开(公告)号：US20080105302A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-08

申请号：US11898641

申请日：2007-09-13

申请人： Yiwei Lu ,  Willem den Boer

发明人： Yiwei Lu ,  Willem den Boer

IPC分类号： H01L31/0264 ,  H01L31/0376 ,  H01L31/04

CPC分类号： H01L31/022466 ,  H01L31/022483

摘要： This invention relates to a front electrode/contact for use in an electronic device such as a photovoltaic device. In certain example embodiments, the front electrode of a photovoltaic device or the like includes a multilayer coating including at least one transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer (e.g., of or including a material such as tin oxide, ITO, zinc oxide, or the like) and/or at least one conductive substantially metallic IR reflecting layer (e.g., based on silver, gold, or the like). In certain example instances, the multilayer front electrode coating may include one or more conductive metal(s) oxide layer(s) and one or more conductive substantially metallic IR reflecting layer(s) in order to provide for reduced visible light reflection, increased conductivity, cheaper manufacturability, and/or increased infrared (IR) reflection capability.

公开(公告)号：US20090126791A1

公开(公告)日：2009-05-21

申请号：US11984662

申请日：2007-11-20

申请人： Yiwei Lu ,  Willem den Boer ,  Alexey Krasnov

发明人： Yiwei Lu ,  Willem den Boer ,  Alexey Krasnov

IPC分类号： H01L31/028 ,  H01L31/0296 ,  H01L31/04

CPC分类号： H01L31/03762 ,  B32B17/10036 ,  B32B17/10174 ,  H01L31/022466 ,  H01L31/022483 ,  H01L31/0296 ,  H01L31/048 ,  Y02E10/548

摘要： Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to an electrode (e.g., front electrode) for use in a photovoltaic device or the like. In certain example embodiments, a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) of the front electrode for use in a photovoltaic device is of or includes titanium oxide doped with one or more of Nb, Zn and/or Al. Additional layers may also be provided in the front electrode in certain example embodiments. It has been found that the use of transparent conductive TiOx(:Nb) or TiZnOx(:Al and/or Nb), in a front electrode of a photovoltaic device, is advantageous in that such materials have a high refractive index (n) and have a higher transparency than conventional titanium suboxide (TiOx). Thus, the use of such materials in the context of a front electrode of a photovoltaic device reduces light reflection due to the high refractive index, and increases transmission into the active semiconductor film due to the higher transmission characteristics thereof, thereby improving the efficiency of the device.

摘要翻译： 本发明的某些示例性实施例涉及用于光伏器件等中的电极（例如，前电极）。 在某些示例性实施例中，用于光伏器件的前电极的透明导电氧化物（TCO）是或包括掺杂有Nb，Zn和/或Al中的一种或多种的氧化钛。 在某些示例性实施例中，也可以在前电极中设置附加层。 已经发现，在光伏器件的前电极中使用透明导电TiO x（：Nb）或TiZnO x（：Al和/或Nb）的优点在于，这样的材料具有高折射率（n）和 具有比常规的低氧化钛（TiOx）更高的透明度。 因此，在光电器件的前电极的上下文中使用这种材料减少了由于高折射率引起的光反射，并且由于其更高的透射特性而增加了到有源半导体膜的透射，从而提高了 设备。

公开(公告)号：US20080107799A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-08

申请号：US11790687

申请日：2007-04-26

申请人： Yiwei Lu ,  Willem den Boer

发明人： Yiwei Lu ,  Willem den Boer

IPC分类号： B05D5/12

CPC分类号： H01L31/0236 ,  H01L31/022425 ,  H01L31/022466 ,  H01L31/02366 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/0488 ,  H01L31/075 ,  H01L31/1884 ,  Y02E10/548

摘要： This invention relates to a photovoltaic device including an electrode such as a front electrode/contact. In certain example embodiments, the front electrode of the photovoltaic device includes a multi-layered transparent conductive coating which is sputter-deposited on a textured surface of a patterned glass substrate. In certain example embodiments, a maximum transmission area of the substantially transparent conductive front electrode is located under a peak area of a quantum efficiency (QE) curve of the photovoltaic device and a light source spectrum used to power the photovoltaic device.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及包括诸如前电极/触点的电极的光伏器件。 在某些示例性实施例中，光伏器件的前电极包括多层透明导电涂层，其被溅射沉积在图案化玻璃衬底的纹理表面上。 在某些示例性实施例中，基本上透明的导电前电极的最大透射面积位于光伏器件的量子效率（QE）曲线的峰值区域和用于为光伏器件供电的光源光谱之下。

公开(公告)号：US20080105298A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-08

申请号：US11591668

申请日：2006-11-02

申请人： Yiwei Lu ,  Willem den Boer

发明人： Yiwei Lu ,  Willem den Boer

IPC分类号： H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/04

CPC分类号： H01L31/022425 ,  H01L31/022466 ,  H01L31/022483 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L31/075 ,  Y02E10/548

摘要： This invention relates to a front electrode/contact for use in an electronic device such as a photovoltaic device. In certain example embodiments, the front electrode of a photovoltaic device or the like includes a multilayer coating including at least one transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer (e.g., of or including a material such as tin oxide, zinc oxide, or the like) and at least one conductive substantially metallic IR reflecting layer (e.g., based on silver, gold, or the like). In certain example instances, the multilayer front electrode coating may include a plurality of TCO layers and/or a plurality of conductive substantially metallic IR reflecting layers arranged in an alternating manner in order to provide for reduced visible light reflection, increased conductivity, and/or increased infrared (IR) reflection capability.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及用于诸如光伏器件的电子设备中的前电极/触点。 在某些示例性实施例中，光伏器件等的前电极包括多层涂层，其包括至少一种透明导电氧化物（TCO）层（例如，由氧化锡，氧化锌等材料构成或包括诸如氧化锡，氧化锌等） 和至少一个导电的基本上金属的IR反射层（例如，基于银，金等）。 在某些示例中，多层前电极涂层可以包括多个TCO层和/或以交替方式布置的多个导电的基本上金属的IR反射层，以便提供减少的可见光反射，增加的导电性和/或 增加红外（IR）反射能力。

公开(公告)号：US5926236A

公开(公告)日：1999-07-20

申请号：US199047

申请日：1998-11-24

申请人： Willem den Boer ,  John Z. Z. Zhong ,  Vijayen S. Veerasamy ,  Yiwei Lu

发明人： Willem den Boer ,  John Z. Z. Zhong ,  Vijayen S. Veerasamy ,  Yiwei Lu

IPC分类号： G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/1365 ,  G02F1/136

CPC分类号： G02F1/133514 ,  G02F1/1365 ,  G09G3/367 ,  G02F1/136209 ,  G02F1/136227 ,  G09G2300/0895

摘要： A backlit transmissive liquid crystal display including non-linear resistive thin film diodes (TFDs). Select address lines on the active substrate provide both conventional address line functionality, as well as acting as one of the electrodes for each thin film diode. Two such diodes are provided in each pixel in certain embodiments. Still further, black matrix material is provided between the aforesaid address line material and the substrate so as to form rows of stacks on the active substrate. The thin film diode semi-insulating material, the address line material, and the black matrix material are patterned together in a single step to form elongated rows (or columns) on the active substrate. In such a manner, the display has reduced ambient light reflections, and reduce photosensitivity. Furthermore, because the pixel electrode, which also functions as the top TFD electrode in each pixel, overlaps both the select lines and portions of the color filter, a high pixel aperture ratio of at least about 70% is provided. The TFDs may be MIM diodes in certain embodiments.

摘要翻译： 背光透射型液晶显示器，包括非线性电阻薄膜二极管（TFD）。 在有源基板上选择地址线提供常规的地址线功能，以及用作每个薄膜二极管的电极之一。 在某些实施例中，在每个像素中提供两个这样的二极管。 此外，黑色矩阵材料设置在上述地址线材料和衬底之间，以在活性衬底上形成堆叠行。 薄膜二极管半绝缘材料，地址线材料和黑矩阵材料在一个步骤中被图案化在一起以在活性基板上形成细长的行（或列）。 以这种方式，显示器减少了环境光反射，降低了光敏性。 此外，由于也用作每个像素中的顶部TFD电极的像素电极与选择线和滤色器的两部分重叠，因此提供至少约70％的高像素孔径比。 在某些实施例中，TFD可以是MIM二极管。

公开(公告)号：US08354586B2

公开(公告)日：2013-01-15

申请号：US12923672

申请日：2010-10-01

申请人： Scott V. Thomsen ,  Willem den Boer ,  Yiwei Lu

发明人： Scott V. Thomsen ,  Willem den Boer ,  Yiwei Lu

IPC分类号： H01L31/0224

CPC分类号： H01L31/0392 ,  H01L31/022466 ,  H01L31/03925 ,  H01L31/073 ,  Y02E10/543 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： Certain example embodiments relate to a transparent conductor film stack with cadmium stannate used as a front contact layer and/or a buffer layer in a photovoltaic device or the like. The cadmium stannate-based layers may be provided between the front glass substrate and the semiconductor absorber film in a photovoltaic device (e.g., a CdS and/or CdTe based photovoltaic device). In certain example embodiments, the buffer layer based on cadmium stannate may have a higher resistivity than the transparent conductive oxide layer based on cadmium stannate. In certain example embodiments, one or more index matching layer(s) may be provided between the glass substrate and the layer(s) comprising cadmium stannate, e.g., to help overcome the optical mismatch between the glass substrate and the CdSnOx.

摘要翻译： 某些示例实施例涉及在光伏器件等中用作前接触层和/或缓冲层的锡酸镉的透明导体膜堆叠。 可以在光电器件（例如，CdS和/或CdTe基光电器件）中的前玻璃基板和半导体吸收膜之间设置锡酸镉基层。 在某些示例性实施例中，基于锡酸镉的缓冲层可以具有比基于锡酸镉的透明导电氧化物层更高的电阻率。 在某些示例性实施例中，可以在玻璃基板和包含锡酸镉的层之间提供一个或多个折射率匹配层，例如以帮助克服玻璃基板和CdSnOx之间的光学失配。

公开(公告)号：US20120080090A1

公开(公告)日：2012-04-05

申请号：US12923672

申请日：2010-10-01

申请人： Scott V. Thomsen ,  Willem den Boer ,  Yiwei Lu

发明人： Scott V. Thomsen ,  Willem den Boer ,  Yiwei Lu

IPC分类号： H01L31/02 ,  C23C14/34

CPC分类号： H01L31/0392 ,  H01L31/022466 ,  H01L31/03925 ,  H01L31/073 ,  Y02E10/543 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： Certain example embodiments relate to a transparent conductor film stack with cadmium stannate used as a front contact layer and/or a buffer layer in a photovoltaic device or the like. The cadmium stannate-based layers may be provided between the front glass substrate and the semiconductor absorber film in a photovoltaic device (e.g., a CdS and/or CdTe based photovoltaic device). In certain example embodiments, the buffer layer based on cadmium stannate may have a higher resistivity than the transparent conductive oxide layer based on cadmium stannate. In certain example embodiments, one or more index matching layer(s) may be provided between the glass substrate and the layer(s) comprising cadmium stannate, e.g., to help overcome the optical mismatch between the glass substrate and the CdSnOx.

摘要翻译： 某些示例实施例涉及在光伏器件等中用作前接触层和/或缓冲层的锡酸镉的透明导体膜堆叠。 可以在光电器件（例如，CdS和/或CdTe基光电器件）中的前玻璃基板和半导体吸收膜之间设置锡酸镉基层。 在某些示例性实施例中，基于锡酸镉的缓冲层可以具有比基于锡酸镉的透明导电氧化物层更高的电阻率。 在某些示例性实施例中，可以在玻璃基板和包含锡酸镉的层之间提供一个或多个折射率匹配层，例如以帮助克服玻璃基板和CdSnOx之间的光学失配。

公开(公告)号：US20110094580A1

公开(公告)日：2011-04-28

申请号：US12929147

申请日：2011-01-04

申请人： Yiwei Lu ,  Willem den Boer ,  Alexey Krasnov

发明人： Yiwei Lu ,  Willem den Boer ,  Alexey Krasnov

IPC分类号： H01L31/0224

CPC分类号： H01L31/03762 ,  B32B17/10036 ,  B32B17/10174 ,  H01L31/022466 ,  H01L31/022483 ,  H01L31/0296 ,  H01L31/048 ,  Y02E10/548

摘要： Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to an electrode (e.g., front electrode) for use in a photovoltaic device or the like. In certain example embodiments, a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) of the front electrode for use in a photovoltaic device is of or includes titanium oxide doped with one or more of Nb, Zn and/or Al. Additional layers may also be provided in the front electrode in certain example embodiments. It has been found that the use of transparent conductive TiOx(:Nb) or TiZnOx(:Al and/or Nb), in a front electrode of a photovoltaic device, is advantageous in that such materials have a high refractive index (n) and have a higher transparency than conventional titanium suboxide (TiOx). Thus, the use of such materials in the context of a front electrode of a photovoltaic device reduces light reflection due to the high refractive index, and increases transmission into the active semiconductor film due to the higher transmission characteristics thereof, thereby improving the efficiency of the device.