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Thin Film Materials
Thin film materials may actually define our technology age. Electronics, processors, sensors, communications, medical equipment... thin film devices are the difference between us and the past. In a strange irony, thin film materials are manufactured using some of the most dangerous chemicals and most energy intensive processes. Thin film solar cells based on GaAs require two of the most deadly reactive gasses that humans have ever developed for their manufacture.
Is it possible to manufacture thin film materials and devices without toxic precursor materials and with low energy requirements?
Pulsed-Pressure Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition (PP-MOCVD)
Thin film materials may actually define our technology age. Electronics, processors, sensors, communications, medical equipment... thin film devices are the difference between us and the past. In a strange irony, thin film materials are manufactured using some of the most dangerous chemicals and most energy intensive processes. Thin film solar cells based on GaAs require two of the most deadly reactive gasses that humans have ever developed for their manufacture.
Is it possible to manufacture thin film materials and devices without toxic precursor materials and with low energy requirements?
Pulsed-Pressure Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition (PP-MOCVD)