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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
May. 07, 2012
Arthur Cornfeld, Sandia Park, NM (US);
Daniel Mcglynn, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Tansen Varghese, Regensburg, DE;
Arthur Cornfeld, Sandia Park, NM (US);
Daniel McGlynn, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Tansen Varghese, Regensburg, DE;
Emoore Solar Power, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a process for manufacturing a solar cell by selectively freeing an epitaxial layer from a single crystal substrate upon which it was grown. In some embodiments the process includes, among other things, providing a first substrate; depositing a separation layer on said first substrate; depositing on said separation layer a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell; mounting and bonding a flexible support on top of the sequence of layers; etching said separation layer while applying an agitating action to the etchant solution so as to remove said flexible support with said epitaxial layer from said first substrate.