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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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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1295614
Patent Number(s):
9,419,170
Application Number:
14/615,068
Assignee:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)
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. 2016. "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