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Duy Phach Vu0
Glen Hillier0
Genevieve Martin0
Rao Tatavarti0
Noren Pan0
Christopher Youtsey0
David McCallum0
Date of Patent
August 9, 2011
0Patent Application Number
121675830
Date Filed
July 3, 2008
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The present invention utilizes epitaxial lift-off in which a sacrificial layer is included in the epitaxial growth between the substrate and a thin film III-V compound solar cell. To provide support for the thin film III-V compound solar cell in absence of the substrate, a backing layer is applied to a surface of the thin film III-V compound solar cell before it is separated from the substrate. To separate the thin film III-V compound solar cell from the substrate, the sacrificial layer is removed as part of the epitaxial lift-off. Once the substrate is separated from the thin film III-V compound solar cell, the substrate may then be reused in the formation of another thin film III-V compound solar cell.
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