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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2012
Shafaat Ahmed, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Sukjay Chey, New York, NY (US);
Hariklia Deligianni, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Lubomyr T. Romankiw, Briancliff Manor, NY (US);
Shafaat Ahmed, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Sukjay Chey, New York, NY (US);
Hariklia Deligianni, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Lubomyr T. Romankiw, Briancliff Manor, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments relate to a method for annealing a solar cell structure including forming an absorber layer on a molybdenum (Mo) layer of a solar cell base structure. The solar cell base structure includes a substrate and the Mo layer is located on the substrate. The absorber layer includes a semiconductor chalcogenide material. Annealing the solar cell base structure is performed by exposing an outer layer of the solar cell base structure to a plasma.