Visually undistorted thin film electronic devices
Abstract
Visually undistorted thin film electronic devices are provided. In one embodiment, a method for producing a thin-film electronic device comprises: opening a scribe in a stack of thin film material layers deposited on a substrate to define an active region and an inactive region of the thin-film electronic device, the stack comprising at least one active semiconductor layer. The active region comprises a non-scribed area of the stack and the inactive region comprises a region of the stack where thin film material was removed by the scribe. The method further comprises depositing at least one scribe fill material into a gap opened by the scribe. The scribe fill material has embedded therein one or more coloring elements that alter an optical characteristics spectrum of the inactive region to obtain an optical characteristics spectrum of the active region within a minimum perceptible difference for an industry defined standard observer.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1987112
- Patent Number(s):
- 11575096
- Application Number:
- 17/649,440
- Assignee:
- SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ); Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 01/31/2022
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Hammond, Scott R., van Hest, Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria, and Conklin, John A. Visually undistorted thin film electronic devices. United States: N. p., 2023.
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Hammond, Scott R., van Hest, Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria, & Conklin, John A. Visually undistorted thin film electronic devices. United States.
Hammond, Scott R., van Hest, Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria, and Conklin, John A. Tue .
"Visually undistorted thin film electronic devices". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1987112.
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