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Title:
APPARATUS AND PROCESSES FOR MASS PRODUCTION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2010141343
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an apparatus and process for large scale inline manufacturing of CdTe photovoltaic modules in which all steps, including rapid substrate heating, deposition of CdS, deposition of CdTe, CdCl2treatment, and ohmic contact formation, are performed within a single vacuum boundary at intermediate vacuum pressures.

A p+ ohmic contact region is formed by subliming a metal salt onto a CdTe layer. A back electrode is formed by way of a low cost spray process, and module scribing is performed by means of abrasive blasting or mechanical brushing through a mask. A vacuum process apparatus facilitates heating of substrates and films, exposure of substrates and films to vapor with minimal vapor leakage, deposition of thin films onto substrates, and stripping thin films from substrates. A substrate transport apparatus permits the movement of substrates into and out of vacuum during thin film deposition processes, while preventing the collection of coatings on the substrate transport apparatus itself.

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Inventors:
BARTH KURT L
ENZENROTH ROBERT A
SAMPATH WALAJABAD S
Application Number:
JP2010010341A
Publication Date:
June 24, 2010
Filing Date:
January 20, 2010
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Assignee:
BARTH KURT L
ENZENROTH ROBERT A
SAMPATH WALAJABAD S
International Classes:
H01L21/365; H01L31/04; C23C14/06; H01L21/203; H01L21/363; H01L31/18
Domestic Patent References:
JP2002064215A2002-02-28
JPH0878355A1996-03-22
Foreign References:
WO1997021252A11997-06-12
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Nobuyuki Iida