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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2012
Jian LI, Golden, CO (US);
Dean Levi, Indian Hills, CO (US);
Miguel Contreras, Golden, CO (US);
Stephen Glynn, Boulder, CO (US);
Jian Li, Golden, CO (US);
Dean Levi, Indian Hills, CO (US);
Miguel Contreras, Golden, CO (US);
Stephen Glynn, Boulder, CO (US);
Alliance For Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Abstract
A method of fabricating a photovoltaic device, includes the steps of providing a glass substrate, depositing a molybdenum layeron a surface of the glass substrate, directing light through the glass substrate to the near-substrate region of the molybdenum layer, detecting an optical property of the near-substrate region of the molybdenum layer after interaction with the incident lightand determining a density of the near-substrate region of the molybdenum layer from the detected optical property. A molybdenum deposition parameter may be controlled based upon the determined density of the near-substrate region of the molybdenum layer. A non-contact method measures a density of the near-substrate region of a molybdenum layer and a deposition chamber