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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2004
Fu-jann Pern, Golden, CO (US);
Kenell J. Touryan, Indian Hills, CO (US);
Zhozef Retevos Panosyan, Yerevan, AM;
Aleksey Alekseyevich Gippius, Moscow, RU;
Fu-Jann Pern, Golden, CO (US);
Kenell J. Touryan, Indian Hills, CO (US);
Zhozef Retevos Panosyan, Yerevan, AM;
Aleksey Alekseyevich Gippius, Moscow, RU;
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Abstract
Ion-assisted plasma enhanced deposition of diamond-like carbon (DLC) films on the surface of photovoltaic solar cells is accomplished with a method and apparatus for controlling ion energy. The quality of DLC layers is fine-tuned by a properly biased system of special electrodes and by exact control of the feed gas mixture compositions. Uniform (with degree of non-uniformity of optical parameters less than 5%) large area (more than 110 cm) DLC films with optical parameters varied within the given range and with stability against harmful effects of the environment are achieved.