SOLAR CELL DEVICE INCORPORATING PLURAL CONSTITUENT SOLAR CELLS

摘要

A method of producing sheets of crystalline material, wherein a growth mask is formed upon a crystallization substrate so as to leave areas of the substrate exposed and crystalline material is grown at areas of the substrate exposed through the mask and laterally over the surface of the mask to form a sheet of crystalline material. This sheet is separated so that the substrate can be reused, if desired. To separate the sheet from the crystallization substrate, a new substrate is applied to the sheet of crystalline material and then the new sheet and substrate are together separated from the crystallization substrate.