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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Llc, Golden, CO (US);
Inventors:
David Albin, Denver, CO (US);
James Burst, Lakewood, CO (US);
Wyatt Metzger, Louisville, CO (US);
Joel Duenow, Golden, CO (US);
Stuart Farrell, Wheat Ridge, CO (US);
Eric Colegrove, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/0296 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/1828 (2013.01); H01L 31/02963 (2013.01); Y02P 70/521 (2015.11);
Abstract
Methods for treating a semiconductor material are provided. According to an aspect of the invention, the method includes annealing the semiconductor material in the presence of a compound that includes a first element and a second element. The first element provides an overpressure to achieve a desired stoichiometry of the semiconductor material, and the second element provides a dopant to the semiconductor material.