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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Hongying Peng, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Bastiaan Arie Korevaar, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jinbo Cao, Rexford, NY (US);
Stephen Lorenco Araujo, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Scott Daniel Feldman-peabody, Golden, CO (US);
Robert Dwayne Gossman, Aurora, CO (US);
Hongying Peng, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Bastiaan Arie Korevaar, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jinbo Cao, Rexford, NY (US);
Stephen Lorenco Araujo, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Scott Daniel Feldman-Peabody, Golden, CO (US);
Robert Dwayne Gossman, Aurora, CO (US);
First Solar, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention include a method. The method includes heating a layer stack. The layer stack includes a first layer comprising cadmium and tin, a metal layer disposed over the first layer, and a window layer disposed over the metal layer. Heating the stack includes transforming at least a portion of the first layer from an amorphous phase to a crystalline phase. Heating may be performed using any of various configurations, such as, for example, heating an individual stack, or using a face-to-face configuration of multiple stacks. The stack may be used for fabricating a photovoltaic device.