Csg Solar Ag

Pacific Solar Pty Limited

Rhett Evans

Trevor Lindsay Young

Paul Alan Basore

Jingjia Ji

As a step in performing a process on a structure, a hole pattern is provided in a thin layer of organic resin masking material formed over the structure to provide a process mask. A processing step is then performed through the openings in the mask, and after a processing step is completed the mask is adjusted by a re-flow process in which the structure is placed into an atmosphere of solvent vapor of a solvent of the mask material. By way of the re-flow process, the mask material softens and re-flows to reduce the size of the openings in the mask causing edges of the surface areas on which the processing step was performed to be covered by the mask for subsequent processing steps.

Adjustment of masks by re-flow

As a step in performing a process on a structure, a hole pattern is provided in a thin layer of organic resin masking material formed over the structure to provide a process mask. A processing step is then performed through the openings in the mask, and after a processing step is completed the mask is adjusted by a re-flow process in which the structure is placed into an atmosphere of solvent vapor of a solvent of the mask material. By way of the reflow process, the mask material softens and re-flows to reduce the size of the openings in the mask causing edges of the surface areas on which the processing step was performed to be covered by the mask for subsequent processing steps.

Adjustments of masks by re-flow

A method of texturing a substrate or superstrate support material is provided, in which a thin textured film () is applied to the surface of the support material such as glass sheet (). The dipping process is performed by loading a sheet () of the support material () into a frame () which provides a small number of small area contact points () at which the sheet () is supported and lowering the frame () into texturing solution () comprising a mixture () of Sol-Gel () and texturing particles () comprising SiOmonospheres. The sheet is then withdrawn from the texturing solution and the resultant film allowed to dry. The film is then sintered and the resulting film provides a textured surface suitable for the formation of a photovoltaic device.

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Rhett Evans