First Solar, Inc.

General Electric Company

Stephen Lorenco Araujo

Scott Daniel Feldman-Peabody

Uwe Wiedmann

Bastiaan Arie Korevaar

Chad Allan Smith

Ross Christopher Stalter

Michael James Rishel

Robert Dwayne Gossman

Jinbo Cao

Hongying Peng

Paul Francis Fitzgerald

Embodiments of the present invention include a method. The method includes heating a layer stack. The layer stack includes a first layer comprising cadmium and tin, a metal layer disposed over the first layer, and a window layer disposed over the metal layer. Heating the stack includes transforming at least a portion of the first layer from an amorphous phase to a crystalline phase. Heating may be performed using any of various configurations, such as, for example, heating an individual stack, or using a face-to-face configuration of multiple stacks. The stack may be used for fabricating a photovoltaic device.

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Burnt Hills, NY, United States of America

Stephen Lorenco Araujo