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Title: Controlling the stoichiometry and doping of semiconductor materials

Abstract

Methods for treating a semiconductor material are provided. According to an aspect of the invention, the method includes annealing the semiconductor material in the presence of a compound that includes a first element and a second element. The first element provides an overpressure to achieve a desired stoichiometry of the semiconductor material, and the second element provides a dopant to the semiconductor material.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1295614
Patent Number(s):
9419170
Application Number:
14/615,068
Assignee:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015 Feb 05
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Albin, David, Burst, James, Metzger, Wyatt, Duenow, Joel, Farrell, Stuart, and Colegrove, Eric. Controlling the stoichiometry and doping of semiconductor materials. United States: N. p., 2016. Web.
Albin, David, Burst, James, Metzger, Wyatt, Duenow, Joel, Farrell, Stuart, & Colegrove, Eric. Controlling the stoichiometry and doping of semiconductor materials. United States.
Albin, David, Burst, James, Metzger, Wyatt, Duenow, Joel, Farrell, Stuart, and Colegrove, Eric. Tue . "Controlling the stoichiometry and doping of semiconductor materials". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1295614.
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Works referenced in this record:

Dependence of the Minority-Carrier Lifetime on the Stoichiometry of CdTe Using Time-Resolved Photoluminescence and First-Principles Calculations
journal, August 2013


Advances in control of doping and lifetime in single-crystal and polycrystalline CdTe
conference, June 2014