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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2011
Ahmed Abou-kandil, Elmsford, NY (US);
Keith E. Fogel, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Augustin J. Hong, White Plains, NY (US);
Jeehwan Kim, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Mohamed Saad, White Plains, NY (US);
Devendra K. Sadana, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Ahmed Abou-Kandil, Elmsford, NY (US);
Keith E. Fogel, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Augustin J. Hong, White Plains, NY (US);
Jeehwan Kim, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Mohamed Saad, White Plains, NY (US);
Devendra K. Sadana, Pleasantville, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for fabricating a photovoltaic device includes depositing a p-type layer at a first temperature and depositing an intrinsic layer while gradually increasing a deposition temperature to a final temperature. The intrinsic layer deposition is completed at the final temperature. An n-type layer is formed on the intrinsic layer.