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Chemical incorporation of copper into indium selenide thin-films for processing of CuInSe2 solar cells
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posted on 2009-07-02, 13:44 authored by Christopher J. Hibberd, K.E. Ernits, M. Kaelin, U. Muller, A.N. TiwariA chemical method of incorporating copper into indium selenide thin-films has been
investigated, with the goal of creating a precursor structure for conversion into
CuInSe2 layers suitable for solar cell processing. The precursor and converted layers
have been investigated with scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, Raman
spectroscopy and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. From these measurements, the
incorporation of copper into the indium selenide layers is concluded to proceed by an
ion-exchange reaction. This reaction results in the formation of a precursor layer with
a graded compositional depth-profile containing the crystalline phases In2Se3 and
Cu2-xSe. Selenization of the precursor layer homogenises the composition and forms
chalcopyrite CuInSe2. These CuInSe2 layers exhibit a dense microstructure with
rough surface morphology, which is ascribed to a non-optimal selenization process.
Solar cells with the structure ZnO:Al/i-ZnO/CdS/CuInSe2/Mo/Glass have been
processed from the selenized layers and have exhibited efficiencies of up to 4% under
simulated AM1.5 illumination.
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- Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST)
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Hibberd, C.J. ... et al, 2008. Chemical incorporation of copper into indium selenide thin-films for processing of CuInSe2 solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 16 (7), pp. 585-593Version
- SMUR (Submitted Manuscript Under Review)
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This is a pre-print of an article published in the journal, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications [© John Wiley & Sons]. The definitive version: Hibberd, C.J. ... et al, 2008. Chemical incorporation of copper into indium selenide thin-films for processing of CuInSe2 solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 16 (7), pp. 585-593, is available at: http://www.interscience.wiley.comISSN
1099-159XPublisher version
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