Semiconductor device for photovoltaic solar cell

摘要

An intermediate layer (2) is deposited on a substrate (1) and a semiconductor layer (3) is grown on the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer (2) is lattice-matched with the semiconductor layer (3) and thus acts as a nucleation layer. The intermediate layer (2) can advantageously be formed from a silicide and can thus also, owing to its electrical conductivity, be used as an electrode, for example in a solar cell structure.