Surface passivation for CdTe devices

Reese, Matthew O.; Perkins, Craig L.; Burst, James M.; Gessert, Timothy A.; Barnes, Teresa M.; Metzger, Wyatt K.

Title: Surface passivation for CdTe devices

Patent · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017

OSTI ID:1373708

Reese, Matthew O.; Perkins, Craig L.; Burst, James M.; Gessert, Timothy A.; Barnes, Teresa M.; Metzger, Wyatt K.

In one embodiment, a method for surface passivation for CdTe devices is provided. The method includes adjusting a stoichiometry of a surface of a CdTe material layer such that the surface becomes at least one of stoichiometric or Cd-rich; and reconstructing a crystalline lattice at the surface of the CdTe material layer by annealing the adjusted surface.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Assignee:: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC

Patent Number(s):: 9,722,111

Application Number:: 14/615,282

OSTI ID:: 1373708

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2015 Feb 05

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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