Patent ID: 6025252
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: B81B,B81C,C23C,G01L,G01P,G02F,H01H,H01J,H01L,H02N,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a solar cell, comprising:a first step of forming a first conductivity type first semiconductor layer and an electrode thereof on an upper surface of a substrate consisting of a material being different from that for said first semiconductor layer;a second step of forming an intrinsic semiconductor layer of an amorphous film on an upper surface of said first semiconductor layer; anda third step of forming a second conductivity type second semiconductor layer and an electrode thereof on an upper surface of said intrinsic semiconductor layer,said first step including a step of supplying a reaction gas under a low temperature being less than a crystallization temperature and simultaneously applying gas beams from directions being perpendicular to densest crystal planes of a plurality of different directions for forming said first semiconductor layer of a single-crystalline film.