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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2019
Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Total Marketing Services, Puteaux, FR;
Yu-Chen Shen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
PĂ©rine Jaffrennou, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gilles Olav Tanguy Sylvain Poulain, Palaiseau, FR;
Michael C. Johnson, Alameda, CA (US);
Seung Bum Rim, Palo Alto, CA (US);
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Total Marketing Services, Puteaux, FR;
Abstract
Methods of fabricating solar cells using UV-curing of light-receiving surfaces of the solar cells, and the resulting solar cells, are described herein. In an example, a method of fabricating a solar cell includes forming a passivating dielectric layer on a light-receiving surface of a silicon substrate. The method also includes forming an anti-reflective coating (ARC) layer below the passivating dielectric layer. The method also includes exposing the ARC layer to ultra-violet (UV) radiation. The method also includes, subsequent to exposing the ARC layer to ultra-violet (UV) radiation, thermally annealing the ARC layer.