Method of doping silicon, metal doped silicon, method of making solar cells, and solar cells

Inventors

Hameed A. Naseem, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
M. Shahidul Haque, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
William D. Brown, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Document Type

Patent

Publication Date

1-15-2002

Abstract

A low temperature process for forming a metal doped silicon layer in which an amorphous silicon layer is deposited onto a substrate at low temperatures, with a metal layer then deposited upon the silicon layer is described. This structure is then annealed at low temperatures to form a metal doped polycrystalline silicon having greater than about 1x10^20 dopant atoms per cubic cm of silicon.

Department

Electrical Engineering

Patent Number

US6339013

Application Filed

5-13-1997

Assignee

Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, AR)

Comments

Hameed A. Naseem, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
M. Shahidul Haque, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
William D. Brown, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Citation

Naseem, H. A., Haque, M. S., & Brown, W. D. (2002). Method of doping silicon, metal doped silicon, method of making solar cells, and solar cells. Patents Granted. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/pat/161