HIGHLY-CONDUCTIVE AND TEXTURED FRONT TRANSPARENT ELELCTRODE FOR A-SI THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS, AND/OR METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME

摘要

Certain example embodiments incorporate a 'hybrid' design for the front electrode of solar cells, which advantageously combines naturally textured pyrblytic tin oxide and highly-conductive sputtered indium tin oxide (ITO). In certain example embodiments of this invention, a method of making a front ele6bode superstrate for a solar cell is provided. A glass substrate is provided. A lay& of tin oxide is pyrolytically deposited on the glass substrate, with the layer of tin oxide being textured as a result of the pyrolytic deposition and with the layer of tin oxide being haze producing. A layer of indium tin oxide (ITO) is spytter-deposited on the layer of tin oxide, with the layer of IT0 being generally co$ormal with respect to the layer of tin oxide. An amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin f-layer stack is formed on the layer of IT0 in making the front electrode 2' suserstrate.