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Title: Systems and methods for solar cells with CIS and CIGS films made by reacting evaporated copper chlorides with selenium

Abstract

Systems and methods for solar cells with CIS and CIGS films made by reacting evaporated copper chlorides with selenium are provided. In one embodiment, a method for fabricating a thin film device comprises: providing a semiconductor film comprising indium (In) and selenium (Se) upon a substrate; heating the substrate and the semiconductor film to a desired temperature; and performing a mass transport through vapor transport of a copper chloride vapor and se vapor to the semiconductor film within a reaction chamber.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1183901
Patent Number(s):
9054264
Application Number:
13/779,363
Assignee:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL C23C - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Albin, David S., and Noufi, Rommel. Systems and methods for solar cells with CIS and CIGS films made by reacting evaporated copper chlorides with selenium. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Albin, David S., & Noufi, Rommel. Systems and methods for solar cells with CIS and CIGS films made by reacting evaporated copper chlorides with selenium. United States.
Albin, David S., and Noufi, Rommel. Tue . "Systems and methods for solar cells with CIS and CIGS films made by reacting evaporated copper chlorides with selenium". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1183901.
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abstractNote = {Systems and methods for solar cells with CIS and CIGS films made by reacting evaporated copper chlorides with selenium are provided. In one embodiment, a method for fabricating a thin film device comprises: providing a semiconductor film comprising indium (In) and selenium (Se) upon a substrate; heating the substrate and the semiconductor film to a desired temperature; and performing a mass transport through vapor transport of a copper chloride vapor and se vapor to the semiconductor film within a reaction chamber.},
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Solution Deposition of Inorganic Materials and Electronic Devices Made Comprising the Inorganic Materials
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The formation of large-grain CulnSe2 films by selenization by high-rate Se transport under moderate vacuum conditions
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Development of thin-film Cu(In,Ga)Se2 and CdTe solar cells
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