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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
First Solar, Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Pratima Addepalli, Saline, MI (US);
Benyamin Buller, Sylvania, OH (US);
Markus Gloeckler, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Akhlesh Gupta, Sylvania, OH (US);
David Hwang, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Andrei Los, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Rick Powell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Rui Shao, Sylvania, OH (US);
Gang Xiong, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ming Lun Yu, Fremont, CA (US);
San Yu, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Zhibo Zhao, Novi, MI (US);
First Solar, Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Abstract
A method to improve operation of a CdTe-based photovoltaic device is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of depositing a semiconductor absorber layer adjacent to a substrate, depositing a semiconductor buffer layer adjacent to the semiconductor layer, and annealing at least one of the semiconductor absorber layer and the semiconductor buffer layer with one of a laser and a flash lamp.