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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2012
E I Du Pont DE Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Kenneth Warren Hang, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Alistair Graeme Prince, Bristol, GB;
Michael Rose, South Gloucestershire, GB;
Richard John Sheffield Young, Somerset, GB;
E I du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A process for the formation of at least one aluminum p-doped surface region of an n-type semiconductor substrate comprising the steps: (1) providing an n-type semiconductor substrate, (2) applying and drying an aluminum paste on at least one surface area of the n-type semiconductor substrate, (3) firing the dried aluminum paste, and (4) removing the fired aluminum paste with water, wherein the aluminum paste employed in step (2) includes particulate aluminum, an organic vehicle and 3 to 20 wt. % of glass frit, based on total aluminum paste composition.