Achieving 14.4% Alcohol-Based Solution-Processed Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 Thin Film Solar Cell through Interface Engineering

Gi Soon Park; Van Ben Chu; Byoung Woo Kim; Dong Wook Kim; Hyung Suk Oh; Yun Jeong Hwang; Byoung Koun Min

doi:10.1021/acsami.8b00526

Achieving 14.4% Alcohol-Based Solution-Processed Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)₂ Thin Film Solar Cell through Interface Engineering

Gi Soon Park, Van Ben Chu, Byoung Woo Kim, Dong Wook Kim, Hyung Suk Oh, Yun Jeong Hwang, Byoung Koun Min

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Abstract

An optimization of band alignment at the p-n junction interface is realized on alcohol-based solution-processed Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)₂ (CIGS) thin film solar cells, achieving a power-conversion-efficiency (PCE) of 14.4%. To obtain a CIGS thin film suitable for interface engineering, we designed a novel "3-step chalcogenization process" for Cu_2-xSe-derived grain growth and a double band gap grading structure. Considering S-rich surface of the CIGS thin film, an alternative ternary (Cd,Zn)S buffer layer is adopted to build favorable "spike" type conduction band alignment instead of "cliff" type. Suppression of interface recombination is elucidated by comparing recombination activation energies using a dark J-V-T analysis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	9894-9899
Number of pages	6
Journal	ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume	10
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b00526
Publication status	Published - 2018 Mar 28

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Energy Technology Development Program of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) grant (20163010012570) and by the KU-KIST program funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Chemical Society.

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