Solar cells and methods of fabrication thereof

Shumate, Seth Daniel; Hutchings, Douglas Arthur; Mohammed, Hafeezuddin; Young, Matthew; Little, Scott

Solar cells and methods of fabrication thereof

Patent · 01 May 2018

OSTI ID:1438421

Shumate, Seth Daniel; Hutchings, Douglas Arthur; Mohammed, Hafeezuddin; Young, Matthew; Little, Scott

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.

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Research Organization:: Picasolar, Inc., Fayetteville, AR (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: EE0006461;

Assignee:: Picasolar, Inc. (Fayetteville, AR)

Patent Number(s):: 9,960,287

Application Number:: 14/178,216

OSTI ID:: 1438421

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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