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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2013
Tsmc Solar Ltd., Taichung, TW;
Hao-Yu Cheng, Kaohsiung, TW;
Yung-Sheng Chiu, Fuxing Township, TW;
Yi-Feng Huang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Chen-Yun Wang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Chi-Yu Chiang, Taoyuan, TW;
Hsuan-Sheng Yang, Taipei, TW;
Kuan-Min Lin, Hsin-Chu, TW;
TSMC Solar Ltd., Taichung, TW;
Abstract
An light apparatus used in forming a solar cell includes a housing separate from other processing in a deposition processing system, a transport mechanism for carrying a solar cell into the housing after deposition of a front contact layer in the deposition processing system, and one or more light source elements arranged to apply light on the solar cell after deposition of the front contact layer. A method of making a solar cell includes forming a back contact layer on a glass substrate, forming an absorber layer on the back contact layer, forming a buffer layer on the absorber layer, and forming a front contact layer above the buffer layer, the glass substrate, back contact layer, absorber layer, buffer layer, and front contact layer forming a first module. The method includes applying a light source to the first module after forming the front contact layer separate from other processing.