Performance Characterization and Remedy of Experimental CuInGaSe2 Mini-Modules

F. J. Pern; F. Yan; L. Mansfield; S. Glynn; M. Rekow; R. Murison

doi:10.1109/pvsc.2011.6186526

Performance Characterization and Remedy of Experimental CuInGaSe2 Mini-Modules

F. J. Pern, F. Yan, L. Mansfield, S. Glynn, M. Rekow, R. Murison

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Abstract

We employed current-voltage (I-V), quantum efficiency (QE), photoluminescence (PL), electroluminescence (EL), lock-in thermography (LIT), and (electrochemical) impedance spectroscopy (ECIS) to complementarily characterize the performance and remedy for two pairs of experimental CuInGaSe ₂ (CIGS) mini-modules. One pair had the three scribe-lines (P1/P2/P3) done by a single pulse-programmable laser, and the other had the P2/P3 lines by mechanical scribe. Localized QE measurements for each cell strip on all four mini-modules showed non-uniform distributions that correlated well with the presence of performance-degrading strips or spots revealed by PL, EL, and LIT imaging. Performance of the all-laser-scribed mini-modules improved significantly by adding a thicker Al-doped ZnO layer and reworking the P3 line. The efficiency on one of the all-laser-scribed mini-modules increased notably from 7.80% to 8.56% after the performance-degrading spots on the side regions along the cell array were isolated by manual scribes.

Original language	American English
Pages	2792-2797
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2011.6186526 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186526
State	Published - 2011
Event	37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011 - Seattle, WA, United States Duration: 19 Jun 2011 → 24 Jun 2011

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Conference	37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Seattle, WA
Period	19/06/11 → 24/06/11

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Pern, FJ, Yan, F, Mansfield, L , Glynn, S, Rekow, M & Murison, R 2011, 'Performance Characterization and Remedy of Experimental CuInGaSe2 Mini-Modules', Paper presented at 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011, Seattle, WA, United States, 19/06/11 - 24/06/11 pp. 2792-2797. https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2011.6186526, https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186526

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