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Title: Method of manufacturing semiconductor having group II-group VI compounds doped with nitrogen

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1175234

A method of making a semiconductor comprises depositing a group II-group VI compound onto a substrate in the presence of nitrogen using sputtering to produce a nitrogen-doped semiconductor. This method can be used for making a photovoltaic cell using sputtering to apply a back contact layer of group II-group VI compound to a substrate in the presence of nitrogen, the back coating layer being doped with nitrogen. A semiconductor comprising a group II-group VI compound doped with nitrogen, and a photovoltaic cell comprising a substrate on which is deposited a layer of a group II-group VI compound doped with nitrogen, are also included.

Research Organization:
University of Maine, Toledo, OH (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
NERL-ZAF-8-17619-14
Assignee:
University of Maine (Toledo, OH)
Patent Number(s):
6,852,614
Application Number:
09/815,958
OSTI ID:
1175234
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Heavy p ‐doping of ZnTe by molecular beam epitaxy using a nitrogen plasma source journal February 1993

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