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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2017
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Llc, Golden, CO (US);
James M. Burst, Lakewood, CO (US);
David S. Albin, Denver, CO (US);
Eric Colegrove, Denver, CO (US);
Matthew O. Reese, Golden, CO (US);
Helio R. Moutinho, Littleton, CO (US);
Wyatt K. Metzger, Louisville, CO (US);
Joel N. Duenow, Golden, CO (US);
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for growing high-quality CdTe-based materials at high growth rates are provided. According to an aspect of the invention, a method includes depositing a first CdTe-based layer on a CdTe-based template at a rate of greater than 1 μm/min. Each of the first CdTe-based layer and the CdTe-based template has a single-crystal structure and/or a large-grain polycrystalline structure. The depositing is performed by physical vapor deposition.