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Materials
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1e607a6c-608a-4560-ae89-552f9c6f8662
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Description
Copper-gallium planar targets are typically used in the preparation of copper indium gallium selenide thin-film solar cells and related fields. This dataset includes primary raw materials, auxiliary materials, energy inputs, atmospheric emissions, waterborne emissions, and waste generated during the production process. Infrastructure such as manufacturing of production equipment and facility construction is excluded from the system boundaries of this dataset. The data are sourced from literature. The manufacturing process of copper-gallium planar targets includes procedures such as vacuum distillation reduction, smelting, ingot casting, hot rolling, hot isostatic pressing, machining, inspection, cleaning, and polishing.
Activity Description
The production process of copper-gallium planar targets includes procedures such as vacuum distillation reduction, melting, ingot casting, hot rolling, hot isostatic pressing, machining, inspection, cleaning, and polishing.
Process Description
Planar targets are key materials in thin-film deposition processes, primarily used in physical vapor deposition (PVD) techniques such as sputtering, and are typically shaped as circular disks or rectangular plates. Copper-gallium planar targets are mainly composed of copper-gallium alloy and are commonly used in the fabrication of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cells and related fields.
Time period
2021
2026
Geography
China
Macroeconomic value
Business-as-Usual
Data validation
Yes
Technology
Current Technology
Technology comment
The production process of copper-gallium planar targets includes procedures such as vacuum distillation reduction, melting, ingot casting, hot rolling, hot isostatic pressing, machining, inspection, cleaning, and polishing.