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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
May. 20, 2013
Applicant:
First Solar, Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Inventors:
Scott Christensen, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Rick C. Powell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gang Xiong, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
First Solar, Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/0296 (2006.01); H01L 31/073 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/1828 (2013.01); H01L 31/0296 (2013.01); H01L 31/073 (2013.01); H01L 31/1864 (2013.01); H01L 31/1872 (2013.01); Y02E 10/543 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a photovoltaic device including depositing a cadmium telluride layer onto a substrate; treating the cadmium telluride layer with a compound comprising chlorine and an element from Groups 1-11, zinc, mercury, or copernicium or a combination thereof; and annealing the cadmium telluride layer. A chloride-treated photovoltaic device.