Comparison of Amorphous InZnO and Polycrystalline ZnO:Al Conductive Layers for CIGS Solar Cells

R. Sundaramoorthy; I. L. Repins; T. Gennett; F. J. Pern; D. Albin; Jian V. Li; C. DeHart; S. Glynn; J. D. Perkins; D. S. Ginley; T. Gessert

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411376

Comparison of Amorphous InZnO and Polycrystalline ZnO:Al Conductive Layers for CIGS Solar Cells

R. Sundaramoorthy, I. L. Repins, T. Gennett, F. J. Pern, D. Albin, Jian V. Li, C. DeHart, S. Glynn, J. D. Perkins, D. S. Ginley, T. Gessert

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Abstract

We investigated the optical and electrical properties of amorphous InZnO (IZO) as a potential replacement of AI-doped ZnO (AZO) conducting window layer for CuinGaSe₂ (CIGS) solar cells. The device performance of CIGS devices with IZO of different thickness and sheet resistance was compared with that of CIGS standard devices with AZO. The results show that the optical and electrical properties of IZO were affected by deposition conditions, especially by the oxygen concentration, and thickness. Initial results on the CIGS solar cells showed that devices with IZO yield cell efficiencies comparable to that of the devices with standard AZO, when the sheet resistance of IZO was close to that of AZO.

Original language	American English
Pages	1576-1581
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411376 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411376
State	Published - 2009
Event	2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009 - Philadelphia, PA, United States Duration: 7 Jun 2009 → 12 Jun 2009

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Conference	2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Philadelphia, PA
Period	7/06/09 → 12/06/09

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NREL/CP-520-46054

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materials science
photovoltaics
solar energy

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Sundaramoorthy, R., Repins, I. L., Gennett, T., Pern, F. J., Albin, D., Li, J. V., DeHart, C., Glynn, S., Perkins, J. D., Ginley, D. S., & Gessert, T. (2009). Comparison of Amorphous InZnO and Polycrystalline ZnO:Al Conductive Layers for CIGS Solar Cells. 1576-1581. Paper presented at 2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009, Philadelphia, PA, United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411376, https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411376

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