Patents

U.S. Patents

1. Gregory M. Kimball, Harry A. Atwater, Marty W. Degroot, Nathan S. Lewis.  Improved Group IIB/VA semiconductors suitable for use in photovoltaic devices.  Patent WO2011159766 A3, Feb 9, 2012.
2. Gregory M. Kimball, Harry A. Atwater, Jeffrey P. Bosco, Marty W. Degroot, Nathan S. Lewis, James C. Stevens.  Methodology for forming pnictide compositions suitable for use in microelectronic devices.  Patent WO2012109549 A1, Aug 16, 2012.
3. Gregory M. Kimball, Marty W. Degroot, Harry A. Atwater, Nathan S. Lewis, Rebekah K. Feist, Jeffrey P. Bosco.  Method of making photovoltaic devices incorporating improved pnictide semiconductor films using metallization/annealing/removal techniques.  Patent WO2013116315 A1, Aug 8, 2013.
4. Gregory M. Kimball, Jeffrey P. Bosco, Nathan S. Lewis, Harry A. Atwater, Rebekah K. Feist, Marty W. Degroot.  Method of making photovoltaic devices with reduced conduction band offset between pnictide absorber films and emitter films. Patent WO2013116320 A3, Oct 10, 2013.
5. Gregory M. Kimball, Jeffrey P. Bosco, Nathan S. Lewis, Harry A. Atwater, Rebekah K. Feist. Method of making photovoltaic devices incorporating improved pnictide semiconductor films. Patent WO2013116323 A3, Oct 24, 2013.
6. Gregory M. Kimball, Gregory Brown, Peter Stone.  Deposition of a High Surface Energy Thin Film Layer for Improved Adhesion of Group I-III-VI2 Solar Cells. 2013.