Global Solar Energy, Inc.

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Robert G Wendt

Scott Wiedeman

Jeffrey S Britt

Douglas G Mason

Robert W Birkmire

Gregory M Hanket

T W Fraser Russell

A vapor deposition source including a crucible configured to hold a quantity of molten constituent material and at least one nozzle to pass vapor evaporated from the molten constituent material out of the crucible.

Nozzle-based, vapor-phase, plume delivery structure for use in production of thin-film deposition layer

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.

Fabrication of thin-film, flexible photovoltaic module

Thin-film, flexible photovoltaic module

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Robert G Wendt