Nearly carbon-free printable CIGS thin films for solar cell applications

Eunjoo Lee; Se Jin Park; Jin Woo Cho; Jihye Gwak; Min Kyu Oh; Byoung Koun Min

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2011.05.048

Nearly carbon-free printable CIGS thin films for solar cell applications

Eunjoo Lee, Se Jin Park, Jin Woo Cho, Jihye Gwak, Min Kyu Oh, Byoung Koun Min

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Abstract

In order to fabricate low cost and printable CuIn_xGa _1-xSe_yS_2-y (CIGS) thin film solar cells, a precursor solution based method was developed. Particularly, in this method, nearly carbon-free CIGS film was obtained by applying a three-step heat treatment process: the first for the elimination of carbon residue by air annealing, the second for the formation of CIGS alloy by sulfurization, and the third for grain growth and densification in the CIGS film by selenization. The film also revealed very large grains with a low degree of porosity, similar to those produced by the vacuum based method. A solar cell device with this film showed currentvoltage characteristics of J_sc=21.02 mA/cm², V_oc=451 mV, FF=47.3%, and η=4.48% at standard conditions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2928-2932
Number of pages	5
Journal	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume	95
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2011.05.048
Publication status	Published - 2011 Oct

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Converging Research Center Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea ( NRF-2009-0081910 ) and the National Research Foundation of Korea Grant ( NRF-2009-C1AAA001-0092935 ) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology . Also, the authors thank the program of Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST).

Keywords

CIGS
Carbon
CuInGaSeS
Solar cells
Solution process

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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