Patent ID: 8193027

Claim:
A method of depositing a multicomponent film on at least a portion of a substrate comprising steps of: (a) contacting the substrate with an In precursor or a precursor solution comprising the In precursor to react with the substrate to provide a first coating layer comprising In; (b) rinsing at least a portion of the first coated layer with a rinse solution to remove any unreacted In precursor; (c) contacting the first coating layer comprising In with a Te precursor or a precursor solution comprising the Te precursor, wherein at least a portion of the Te precursor reacts with the In comprised therein to provide a second coating layer comprising In and Te; (d) rinsing at least a portion of the second coating layer with rinse solution to remove any unreacted Te precursor; (e) contacting the second coating layer comprising In and Te with a Sb precursor or a precursor solution comprising the Sb precursor, wherein at least a portion of the Sb precursor reacts with at least a portion of the In and Te comprised therein to provide a third coating layer comprising In, Sb, and Te; (f) rinsing at least a portion of the third coating layer with rinse solution to remove any unreacted Sb precursor, (g) contacting the third coating layer comprising In, Te, and Sb with a Te precursor or a precursor solution comprising the Te precursor to react with the third coating layer to provide a fourth coating layer comprising In, Te, and Sb; and (h) rinsing at least a portion of the fourth coating layer with rinse solution to remove any unreacted Te precursor, (i) contacting the fourth coating layer comprising In, Te, and Sb with a Ag precursor or a precursor solution comprising the Ag precursor, wherein at least a portion of the Ag precursor reacts with at least a portion of the In, Te, and Sb comprised therein to provide a fifth coating layer comprising In, Te, Sb and Ag; (j) rinsing at least a portion of the fifth coating layer with rinse solution to remove any unreacted Ag precursor; (k) contacting the fifth coating layer comprising In, Te, Sb and Ag with a Te precursor or a precursor solution comprising the Te precursor to react with the fifth coating layer to provide a sixth coating layer comprising In, Te, Sb and Ag; and (l) rinsing at least a portion of the sixth coating layer with rinse solution to remove any unreacted Te precursor, wherein steps (a) through (l) are repeated to form a number of coating layers to provide the film.