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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2017
Applicant:
The Australian National University, Acton, AU;
Inventors:
Di Yan, Bruce, AU;
Andres Cuevas, Griffith, AU;
Assignee:
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Acton, AU;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 10/166 (2025.01); C23C 14/14 (2006.01); C23C 14/58 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 10/166 (2025.01); C23C 14/14 (2013.01); C23C 14/5806 (2013.01); H01L 21/02381 (2013.01); H01L 21/02532 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for fabricating a solar cell. The process comprises depositing a layer of amorphous silicon on a substrate using physical vapour deposition, said substrate being a layer of a dielectric disposed on a silicon wafer. The amorphous silicon is then annealed so as to generate a layer of polycrystalline silicon on the substrate.