CX-101673: Developing a Single Beam Ion Source Technology for Efficient Manufacturing of Transparent Conductive Thin Films

Award Number: DE-EE0009018, CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, Solar Energy Technologies Office, Location(s): MI, Office(s): Golden Field Office

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January 16, 2020
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Award Number: DE-EE0009018
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Solar Energy Technologies Office
Location(s): MI
Office(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Scion Plasma, LLC to develop a scalable single beam ion source enhanced sputtering technology that enables high-rate deposition of high-quality transparent conductive indium-tin-oxide thin films. The proposed technology provides a hardware solution to significantly reduce the manufacturing costs of advanced solar cells.