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Fabrication of polycrystalline solar cells on low-cost substrates

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7277981
A method of fabricating low-cost polycrystalline silicon solar cells supported on a steel substrate, which comprises: coating said steel substrate with a diffusion barrier selected from the group consisting of silica, borosilicate, phosphosilicate or mixtures thereof; and depositing successive layers of polycrystalline silicon containing appropriate dopants over said coated steel substrate such that p-n junction devices are formed which effectively convert solar energy to electrical energy.
Assignee:
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Patent Number(s):
US 3961997
OSTI ID:
7277981
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English