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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2010
Scott Daniel Feldman-peabody, Golden, CO (US);
Jennifer Ann Drayton, Golden, CO (US);
Robert Dwayne Gossman, Aurora, CO (US);
Mehran Sadeghi, Orpington, GB;
Scott Daniel Feldman-Peabody, Golden, CO (US);
Jennifer Ann Drayton, Golden, CO (US);
Robert Dwayne Gossman, Aurora, CO (US);
Mehran Sadeghi, Orpington, GB;
Primestar Solar, Inc., Arvada, CO (US);
Abstract
Methods are generally provided for forming a conductive oxide layer on a substrate. In one particular embodiment, the method can include sputtering a transparent conductive oxide layer on a substrate at a sputtering temperature from about 10° C. to about 100° C. A cap layer including cadmium sulfide can be deposited directly on the transparent conductive oxide layer. The transparent conductive oxide layer can be annealed at an anneal temperature from about 450° C. to about 650° C. Methods are also generally provided for manufacturing a cadmium telluride based thin film photovoltaic device. An intermediate substrate is also generally provided for use to manufacture a thin film photovoltaic device.