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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2013
Richard Hamilton Sewell, Los Altos, CA (US);
Paul Loscutoff, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Michel Arsène Olivier Ngamo Toko, Brussels, BE;
Richard Hamilton Sewell, Los Altos, CA (US);
Paul Loscutoff, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Michel Arsène Olivier Ngamo Toko, Brussels, BE;
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Total Marketing Services, Puteaux, FR;
Abstract
A solar cell can include a substrate and a semiconductor region disposed in or above the substrate. The solar cell can also include a conductive contact disposed on the semiconductor region with the conductive contact including a paste, a first metal, and a first conductive portion that includes a conductive alloy formed from the first metal at an interface of the substrate and the semiconductor region.