Photovoltaic cell having a hetero junction of amorphous silicon carbide and amorphous silicon

摘要

A photovoltaic cell having a hetero junction of amorphous silicon and amorphous silicon carbide has at least one of its p and n layers composed of amorphous silicon carbide of the general formula a-Si1-xCx obtained by glow discharge decomposition of a mixture of at least one gas selected from among silane, silicon fluoride and the derivatives thereof, and at least one gas selected from among hydrocarbons, alkylsilanes, the fluorides thereof and the derivatives thereof.