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Solar cell manufacture

US4198262A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 1979
Grant dateApr 15, 1980
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Expiry dateMar 29, 1999

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P70/50

Abstract

A method for manufacturing solar cells from a silicon wafer having a p-n junction therein and front and back contacts thereon, the improvement comprising washing said wafer with a buffered hydrofluoric acid solution having a pH of from about 3.5 to about 6.5 and containing from about 2 to about 10 weight percent hydrofluoric acid based on the total weight of the solution.

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