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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Ashok Chaudhari, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Inventor:
Ashok Chaudhari, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Assignee:
Solar-Tectic LLC, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/032 (2006.01); H01L 31/074 (2012.01); H01L 31/078 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0326 (2013.01); H01L 31/074 (2013.01); H01L 31/078 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of making a CZTS/inorganic thin-film tandem solar cell including depositing a textured buffer layer on a substrate, depositing a metal-inorganic film from a eutectic alloy on the buffer layer, and depositing additional elements in CZTS forming a CZTS layer based on the metal from the metal-inorganic film, the metal being incorporated into the CZTS film.