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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2016
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Llc, Golden, CO (US);
Lorelle Mansfield, Northglenn, CO (US);
Kannan Ramanathan, San Jose, CA (US);
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Abstract
Methods for forming CIGS films are provided. According to an aspect of the invention, a method of forming a CIGS film includes a precursor step, which includes simultaneously evaporating Cu, In, Ga, Se, and Sb onto a substrate. The Se is incident on the substrate at a rate of at least 20 Å/s. The method also includes a selenization step, which includes evaporating Se over the substrate after the precursor step.
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