Jln Solar, Inc.

University of Delaware

Other

Global Solar Energy, Inc.

Gregory M Hanket

Robert W Birkmire

Erten Eser

Scott Wiedeman

Robert G Wendt

T W Fraser Russell

Brian E McCandless

A thermal evaporation sources are described. These thermal evaporation sources include a crucible configured to contain a volume of evaporant and a vapor space above the evaporant.

Thermal evaporation sources for wide-area deposition

A multiple nozzle thermal evaporation source includes a plurality of nozzles having a tapered shape. The nozzles may comprise a thermally conductive material having a low emissivity material.

Multiple-nozzle thermal evaporation source

Thin films are produced by a method wherein a material is heated in a furnace placed inside a vacuum system. An inert gas is flown over/through the heated material. The vapors of the material are entrained in the carrier gas which is then directed onto a substrate heated to a temperature below that of the furnace temperature and placed in close proximity to the exit of the furnace.

Method for producing thin films

A multiple nozzle thermal evaporation source includes a plurality of nozzles having a tapered shape. The nozzles may be coated with a thermally conductive material with a low emissivity material.

A new, large-area, thin-film, flexible photovoltaic structure is disclosed, as well as a general fabrication procedure, including a preferably roll-to-roll-type, process-chamber-segregated, &ldquo;continuous-motion&rdquo;, method for producing such a structure. A special multi-material vapor-deposition environment is disclosed to implement an important co-evaporation, layer-deposition procedure performed in and as part of the fabrication procedure. A structural system adapted to create a vapor environment generally like that just referred to is disclosed, as is an organization of method steps involved in the generation of such a vapor environment. Also, a unique, vapor-creating, materials-distributing system, which includes specially designed heated crucibles with carefully arranged, spatially distributed, localized and generally point-like, heated-nozzle sources of different metallic vapors, and a special multi-fingered, comb-like, vapor-delivering manifold structure is shown.

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Newark, DE, United States of America

Gregory M Hanket