Molybdenum Sputtering Targets for Photovoltaic (Renewable Energy)

To meet the rapidly growing demands to lower cost per watt in the photovoltaic industry, AEM Deposition is actively promoting planar and rotary sputtering targets for thin-film PV (TFPV) energy applications. Focusing on CIGS, a-Si (amorphous silicon), and CdTe thin-films solar module manufacturers. AEM Deposition has been developing and successfully producing custom sputtering targets in molybdenum (Mo) alloys along with its other core competency materials: Tantalum (Ta), niobium (Nb) and tungsten (W).

Committed to the research and development of thin-films, AEM Deposition has invested in state-of-the-art laboratories for material processing and thin-films. Our facilities include a thin-film materials lab equipped with sputtering tools and supporting equipment for testing film characteristics.

Highest Quality Sputtering Target Materials

AEM Deposition is one of the world’s largest producers of molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum, and niobium metals, and fabricated products with a robust vertically integrated supply chain for supplying sputter targets for thin-film coatings applications. Our manufacturing facilities produce a broad range of sputtering target materials in all configurations.

Vertically integrated supply chain

One of the world’s largest producers of molybdenum powders, as well as tungsten and tantalum, AEM Deposition is vertically integrated with expertise in reducing, pressing, and sintering these high-performance materials and finishing them for the market. High purity molybdenum oxide (MoO3)is reduced to metal and processed for either rolling or extrusion, then finished to the customer specifications to produce planar and rotary targets. Extruded AEM Deposition targets offer superior sputtering performance being virtually fully dense and having extremely low oxygen levels.

AEM Deposition has production capabilities that surpass most of its competitors with its world-class extrusion facilities and its 5,000 metric ton direct extrusion press. AEM Deposition can produce molybdenum rotary targets with inside diameters of 125 mm (monolithic) and 135 mm (bonded) applications in molybdenum up through the current largest rotary target requirement. Tantalum, niobium, molybdenum, and other materials are also produced in planar or rotary form. Targets in lengths of 4 m (or more) can be produced per customer specification.

AEM Deposition provides competent service and knowledgeable expertise to help our customers choose the best solution for all refractory metal applications.