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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2011
Ahmed Abou-kandil, Elmsford, NY (US);
Nasser Afify, Oberrieden, CH;
Wanda Andreoni, Adliswil, CH;
Alessandro Curioni, Gattikon, CH;
Augustin J. Hong, White Plains, NY (US);
Jeehwan Kim, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Petr Khomyakov, Adliswil, CH;
Devendra K. Sadana, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Ahmed Abou-Kandil, Elmsford, NY (US);
Nasser Afify, Oberrieden, CH;
Wanda Andreoni, Adliswil, CH;
Alessandro Curioni, Gattikon, CH;
Augustin J. Hong, White Plains, NY (US);
Jeehwan Kim, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Petr Khomyakov, Adliswil, CH;
Devendra K. Sadana, Pleasantville, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of producing a photovoltaic device includes providing a stretchable substrate for the photovoltaic device; and stretching the substrate to produce a stretched substrate. The method further includes depositing a structure comprising hydrogenated amorphous silicon onto the stretched substrate; and subjecting the deposited hydrogenated amorphous silicon structure and the stretched substrate to a compressive force to form a compressively strained photovoltaic device.