Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells with double layered buffers grown by chemical bath deposition

Z. Q. Li; J. H. Shi; D. W. Zhang; Q. Q. Liu; Z. Sun; Y. W. Chen; Z. Yang; S. M. Huang

doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2011.06.100

Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ solar cells with double layered buffers grown by chemical bath deposition

Z. Q. Li
, J. H. Shi
, D. W. Zhang
, Q. Q. Liu
, Z. Sun
, Y. W. Chen
, Z. Yang
, S. M. Huang^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Physics and Electronic Science

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Abstract

In based mixture In_x(OH,S)_y buffer layers deposited by chemical bath deposition technique are a viable alternative to the traditional cadmium sulfide buffer layer in thin film solar cells. We report on the results of manipulating the absorber/buffer interface between the chalcopyrite Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ (CIGS) absorber and CdS or ZnS buffer by addition of a thin In based mixture layer. It is shown that the presence of thin In_x(OH,S)_y at the CIGS absorber/CdS or ZnS buffer interfaces greatly improve the solar cell performances. The performances of CIGS cells using dual buffer layers composed of In_x(OH,S)_y/CdS or In_x(OH,S)_y/ZnS increased by 22.4% and 51.6%, as compared to the single and standard CdS or ZnS buffered cells, respectively.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	333-337
Number of pages	5
Journal	Thin Solid Films
Volume	520
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2011.06.100
State	Published - 31 Oct 2011

Keywords

Buffer layer
Chemical bath deposition
Cu(In,Ga)Se
Selenization
Thin film solar cells

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Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ solar cells with double layered buffers grown by chemical bath deposition

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