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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2012
Steven M. Zuniga, Soquel, CA (US);
Christopher J. Petti, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gopal Prabhu, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven M. Zuniga, Soquel, CA (US);
Christopher J. Petti, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gopal Prabhu, San Jose, CA (US);
GTAT Corporation, Merrimack, NH (US);
Abstract
A method to fabricate a photovoltaic device includes forming first and second contact regions at the first surface of a semiconductor donor body. A cleave plane may be formed by implanting ions into the donor body, and a lamina that includes the contact regions is cleaved from the donor body at the cleave plane. The first surface of the lamina may be contacted with a temporary support and fabricated into a photovoltaic device, wherein the lamina comprises the base of the photovoltaic device.