Investigation of Sb-Containing Precursors for Cu(In, Ga)Se2 Thin Films Through Design of Experiments

Lorelle Mansfield; Bobby To; Matthew Young; Robert Reedy; Kannan Ramanathan; Karen Bowers

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749796

Investigation of Sb-Containing Precursors for Cu(In, Ga)Se2 Thin Films Through Design of Experiments

Lorelle Mansfield, Bobby To, Matthew Young, Robert Reedy, Kannan Ramanathan, Karen Bowers

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Abstract

The Design of Experiments (DoE) module in JMP statistical software was used to determine the best parameters for Sb-containing CIGS precursors with a fixed selenization step. Solar cells were fabricated and measured for all completed films. The most important factor influencing the current-voltage device parameters was identified as the temperature and antimony flux interaction. The DoE prediction profiler and predictive contour plots provided guidance to further improve the device parameters. In one follow-up run, we increased device efficiency from 14.9% to 15.5% Additional gains in efficiency to 16.9% were realized by introducing an intentional Ga gradient and an antireflective coating.

Original language	American English
Pages	1157-1162
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749796 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749796
State	Published - 18 Nov 2016
Event	43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016 - Portland, United States Duration: 5 Jun 2016 → 10 Jun 2016

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Conference	43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Portland
Period	5/06/16 → 10/06/16

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NREL/CP-5K00-65745

Keywords

films
morphology
performance evaluation
photovoltaic cells
substrates
temperature
temperature measurement

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Mansfield, L., To, B., Young, M., Reedy, R., Ramanathan, K., & Bowers, K. (2016). Investigation of Sb-Containing Precursors for Cu(In, Ga)Se2 Thin Films Through Design of Experiments. 1157-1162. Paper presented at 43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016, Portland, United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749796, https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749796

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