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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2016
Solaero Technologies Corp., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Michael Riley, Los Lunas, NM (US);
Mark Stan, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Arthur Cornfeld, Sandy Springs, GA (US);
SolAero Technologies Corp., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a solar cell comprising providing a first semiconductor substrate with an epitaxial sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell deposited over the first semiconductor substrate using an MOCVD reactor; depositing a metal layer on top of the sequence of layers of semiconductor material, the metal layer including a top surface layer composed of gold or silver; providing a polymer film; depositing a first metallic adhesion layer that has a coefficient of thermal expansion substantially different from that of the top surface layer on one surface of the polymer film; depositing a second metal adhesion layer over the first metallic adhesion layer and having a different composition from the first layer and having no chemical elements in common; and adjoining the second adhesion layer of the polymer film to the metal layer of the sequence of layers and permanently bonding it thereto by a thermocompressive diffusion bonding technique.