ZnO/CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se/sub 2/ thin film solar cells with improved performance
- 30 December 2002
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- p. 364-371
- https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.1993.347154
Abstract
This paper reports results from experiments concerning the growth of CuInSe/sub 2/ films on different substrate materials, uncoated, and coated with molybdenum. Specifically the effect on the structure, i.e. preferred orientation, of the polycrystalline films is investigated. It is found that soda-lime float glass results in the most oriented films and also that the highest solar cell conversion efficiency is obtained with devices made from such films. In another set of experiments the effect of various deposition conditions for the ZnO window layer is studied. It is found that optimum performance is not strongly dependent on the deposition process. The highly doped part of the window, ZnO:Al, has been replaced with ITO on some devices and a comparison is made. Finally, ZnO/CdS/CuInSe/sub 2/ and ZnO/CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se/sub 2/ thin film devices exhibiting active area conversion efficiencies of 15.4% and 16.9%, respectively, are demonstrated.Keywords
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