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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2001
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
Plasma is generated from a plasma generating gas comprising an inert gas and hydrogen gas. Silicon material is passed through the plasma and heated so as to form a crystalline silicon particle containing hydrogen at a concentration of 1×10 -1×10 . A great number of the crystalline silicon particles of p-type or n-type are deposited on a substrate as the electrode of one side. An insulator is formed among the crystalline silicon particles on the substrate, and a n-type or p-type semiconductor layer is formed over the crystalline silicon particles, thereby fabricating a photoelectric conversion device. The photoelectric conversion device using the crystalline silicon particles exhibits high photoelectric conversion efficiency.