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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Epistar Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
EPISTAR CORPORATION, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/0725 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/18 (2013.01); H01L 31/0725 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
This application is related to a method of manufacturing a solar cell device comprising providing a substrate comprising Ge or GaAs; forming a first tunnel junction on the substrate, wherein the first tunnel junction comprises a first n-type layer comprising InGaP:Te, and a first alloy layer comprising AlxGa(−x)As and having a lattice constant; adding a material into the first alloy layer to change the lattice constant; and forming a first p-n junction on the first tunnel junction.