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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2021
Applicant:
First Solar, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Sachit Grover, Campbell, CA (US);
Stuart Irvine, Denbighshire, GB;
Xiaoping Li, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Roger Malik, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shahram Seyedmohammadi, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Gang Xiong, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Wei Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
First Solar, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0296 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/02963 (2013.01); H01L 31/1828 (2013.01); H01L 31/1864 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are structures and methods for doping polycrystalline thin film semiconductor materials in photovoltaic devices. Embodiments include methods for forming and treating a photovoltaic semiconductor absorber layer.