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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2011
James Neil Johnson, Scotia, NY (US);
David Scott Albin, Denver, CO (US);
Scott Feldman-peabody, Golden, CO (US);
Mark Jeffrey Pavol, Arvada, CO (US);
Robert Dwayne Gossman, Aurora, CO (US);
James Neil Johnson, Scotia, NY (US);
David Scott Albin, Denver, CO (US);
Scott Feldman-Peabody, Golden, CO (US);
Mark Jeffrey Pavol, Arvada, CO (US);
Robert Dwayne Gossman, Aurora, CO (US);
First Solar, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Abstract
A method for making a photovoltaic device is presented. The method includes steps of disposing a window layer on a substrate and disposing an absorber layer on the window layer. Disposing the window layer, the absorber layer, or both layers includes introducing a source material into a deposition zone, wherein the source material comprises oxygen and a constituent of the window layer, of the absorber layer or of both layers. The method further includes step of depositing a film that comprises the constituent and oxygen.