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Patent No.:

US 9960287 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 11, 2014

Solar cells and methods of fabrication thereof

Applicant:

Picasolar, Inc., Fayetteville, AR (US);

Inventors:

Seth Daniel Shumate, Fayetteville, AR (US);

Douglas Arthur Hutchings, Elkins, AR (US);

Hafeezuddin Mohammed, Fayetteville, AR (US);

Matthew Young, Fayetteville, AR (US);

Scott Little, Fayetteville, AR (US);

Assignee:

PICASOLAR, INC., Fayettevile, VA (US);

Attorney:

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Primary Examiner:

Kenneth Parker

Assistant Examiner:

Christopher Culbert

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0216 (2014.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H01L 31/068 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/02167 (2013.01); H01L 31/02168 (2013.01); H01L 31/022433 (2013.01); H01L 31/068 (2013.01); H01L 31/1864 (2013.01); H01L 31/1868 (2013.01); Y02E 10/547 (2013.01); Y02P 70/521 (2015.11);
Abstract

A passivation layer is deposited on a first portion of a region of the solar cell. A grid line is deposited on a second portion of the region. The passivation layer is annealed to drive chemical species from the passivation layer to deactivate an electrical activity of a dopant in the first portion of the region of the solar cell.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Shumate, Seth. (2018). Solar cells and methods of fabrication thereof (U.S. Patent No. 9960287). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9960287

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