Method for forming flexible solar cells

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8841161
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13366338

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The invention provides for a semiconductor wafer with a metal support element suitable for the formation of a flexible or sag tolerant photovoltaic cell. A method for forming a photovoltaic cell may comprise providing a semiconductor wafer have a thickness greater than 150 μm, the wafer having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first and etching the semiconductor wafer a first time so that the first etching reduces the thickness of the semiconductor wafer to less than 150 μm. After the wafer has been etched a first time, a metal support element may be constructed on or over the first surface; and a photovoltaic cell may be fabricated, wherein the semiconductor wafer comprises the base of the photovoltaic cell.

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NEUTRON THERAPEUTICS LLC1 INDUSTRIAL DRIVE DANVERS MA 01923

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Dinan,, Jr Thomas Edward San Jose, US 3 8
Leland, Orion Fremont, US 4 24
Murali, Venkatesan San Jose, US 64 719
Prabhu, Gopal San Jose, US 27 162

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