WO1999017889A3 - Method for forming solar cell materials from particulates - Google Patents

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WO1999017889A3
WO1999017889A3 PCT/US1998/020431 US9820431W WO9917889A3 WO 1999017889 A3 WO1999017889 A3 WO 1999017889A3 US 9820431 W US9820431 W US 9820431W WO 9917889 A3 WO9917889 A3 WO 9917889A3
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Chris Eberspacher
Karen L Pauls
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    • H01L21/02104—Forming layers
    • H01L21/02365—Forming inorganic semiconducting materials on a substrate
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    • H01L21/02568—Chalcogenide semiconducting materials not being oxides, e.g. ternary compounds
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    • H01L21/02614—Transformation of metal, e.g. oxidation, nitridation
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
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    • Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
    • Y02E10/541—CuInSe2 material PV cells
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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Abstract

Materials in bulk and film forms are prepared from fine particulate precursors such as single-phase, mixed-metal oxides; multi-phase, mixed-metal particles comprising a metal oxide; multinary metal particles; mixtures of such particles with other particles; and particulate materials intercalated with other materials.
PCT/US1998/020431 1997-10-02 1998-09-30 Method for forming solar cell materials from particulates WO1999017889A2 (en)

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