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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011

Filed:

Feb. 04, 2010
Applicants:

Calvin J. Curtis, Lakewood, CO (US);

Alexander Miedaner, Boulder, CO (US);

Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria Van Hest, Lakewood, CO (US);

David S. Ginley, Evergreen, CO (US);

Jennifer Leisch, Denver, CO (US);

Matthew Taylor, West Simsbury, CT (US);

Billy J. Stanbery, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Calvin J. Curtis, Lakewood, CO (US);

Alexander Miedaner, Boulder, CO (US);

Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria van Hest, Lakewood, CO (US);

David S. Ginley, Evergreen, CO (US);

Jennifer Leisch, Denver, CO (US);

Matthew Taylor, West Simsbury, CT (US);

Billy J. Stanbery, Austin, TX (US);

Assignees:

Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US);

Heliovolt Corporation, Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 3/02 (2006.01); B32B 9/00 (2006.01); C01B 19/04 (2006.01); H01L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Precursor compositions containing copper and selenium suitable for deposition on a substrate to form thin films suitable for semi-conductor applications. Methods of forming the precursor compositions using primary amine solvents and methods of forming the thin films wherein the selection of temperature and duration of heating controls the formation of a targeted species of copper selenide.


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