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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
May. 30, 2013
Douglas Arthur Hutchings, Elkins, AR (US);
Seth Daniel Shumate, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Hameed Naseem, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Douglas Arthur Hutchings, Elkins, AR (US);
Seth Daniel Shumate, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Hameed Naseem, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Silicon Solar Solutions, LLC, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (US);
Abstract
A seed layer structure is annealed. The seed layer structure comprises a crystallization catalyst material on a seed semiconductor over a substrate. The seed semiconductor comprises an amorphous portion. Annealing of the seed layer structure converts the amorphous portion into a crystalline portion. The crystalline portion is connected to the substrate by subsurface crystal legs. The crystallization catalyst material formed underneath the crystalline portion by annealing is removed from the underneath of the crystalline portion.