METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDE LAYER IN A PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE

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APP PUB NO 20140374266A1
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14136570

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A method and apparatus for controlling and changing the composition of a cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) transition layer as it is formed over a partially completed photovoltaic device using electrochemical deposition (ECD) where plating variables are systematically changed while the CZT transition layer is formed to change the composition of the plated CZT transition layer.

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FIRST SOLAR INCPERRYSBURG OH

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Cheng, Long Perrysburg, US 118 638
Gloeckler, Markus Perrysburg, US 49 303

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