WO2011129979A3 - Method for depositing barrier layers on substrates for high quality films - Google Patents

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WO2011129979A3
WO2011129979A3 PCT/US2011/029870 US2011029870W WO2011129979A3 WO 2011129979 A3 WO2011129979 A3 WO 2011129979A3 US 2011029870 W US2011029870 W US 2011029870W WO 2011129979 A3 WO2011129979 A3 WO 2011129979A3
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Gaurav Saraf
Chris Eberspacher
Klaus Schuegraf
Daniel Severin
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Abstract

Methods of forming barrier films for thin-film photovoltaic devices are provided. The barrier films are deposited at interfaces of the device, such as between conductor layers and layers adjacent thereto, and between photoelectric layers and layers adjacent thereto. The barrier films use dopants to tune refractive index to an intermediate value between the refractive indices of the adjacent layers to provide desired optical properties. The barrier films may also include nucleation species, such as nucleation films or nucleation sites, to stimulate growth of high quality layers adjacent to the barrier films. The barrier films may be bilayer films with a high-density portion for good barrier properties and a low-density portion into which nucleation species may be added by various implantation methods.
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