FRONT ELECTRODE INCLUDING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE COATING ON PATTERNED GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR USE IN PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

摘要

This invention relates to a photovoltaic device including a transparent front electrode/contact (3). In certain example embodiments, the front electrode (3) of the photovoltaic device includes a multi-layered transparent conductive coating which is sputter-deposited on a textured surface (4b) 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.