Fundamental Materials Research and Advanced Process Development for Thin-Film CIS-Based Photovoltaics: Final Technical Report, 2 October 2001 - 30 September 2005

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    Abstract

    The objectives for this thin-film copper-indium-diselenide (CIS) solar cell project cover the following areas: Develop and characterize buffer layers for CIS-based solar cell; grow and characterize chemical-bath deposition of Znx Cd1-xS buffer layers grown on CIGS absorbers; study effects of buffer-layer processing on CIGS thin films characterized by the dual-beam optical modulation technique;grow epitaxial CuInSe2 at high temperature; study the defect structure of CGS by photoluminescence spectroscopy; investigate deep-level defects in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells by deep-level transient spectroscopy; conduct thermodynamic modeling of the isothermal 500..deg..C section of the Cu-In-Se system using a defect model; form ..alpha..-CuInSe2 by rapid thermal processing of a stacked binarycompound bilayer; investigate pulsed non-melt laser annealing on the film properties and performance of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells; and conduct device modeling and simulation of CIGS solar cells.
    Original languageAmerican English
    Number of pages226
    StatePublished - 2006

    Bibliographical note

    Work performed by the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

    NREL Publication Number

    • NREL/SR-520-40568

    Keywords

    • advanced process development
    • chemical bath deposition (CBD)
    • CIGS
    • copper indium diselenide (CIS)
    • deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS)
    • epitaxial growth
    • materials research
    • optical modulation
    • photoluminescence spectroscopy
    • PV
    • simulation
    • solar cells
    • thermodynamic modeling
    • thin films

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