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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Benyamin Buller, Sylvania, OH (US);
Markus Gloeckler, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Rui Shao, Sylvania, OH (US);
Yu Yang, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Zhibo Zhao, Novi, MI (US);
Chungho Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Benyamin Buller, Sylvania, OH (US);
Markus Gloeckler, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Rui Shao, Sylvania, OH (US);
Yu Yang, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Zhibo Zhao, Novi, MI (US);
Chungho Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
FIRST SOLAR, INC., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H01L 31/0296 (2006.01); H01L 31/073 (2012.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); C23C 14/08 (2006.01); C23C 14/58 (2006.01); C23C 16/40 (2006.01); C03C 17/245 (2006.01); C03C 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/022466 (2013.01); C03C 17/2453 (2013.01); C03C 17/3417 (2013.01); C23C 14/086 (2013.01); C23C 14/5806 (2013.01); C23C 16/407 (2013.01); H01L 31/0296 (2013.01); H01L 31/073 (2013.01); H01L 31/1828 (2013.01); H01L 31/1884 (2013.01); C03C 2217/232 (2013.01); C03C 2217/94 (2013.01); Y02E 10/543 (2013.01); Y02P 70/521 (2015.11);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a photovoltaic device may include concurrently transforming a transparent conductive oxide layer from a substantially amorphous state to a substantially crystalline state and forming one or more semiconductor layers.