Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 10, Issue 4, 266(2014)

Fabrication of high-quality ZnS buffer and its application in Cd-free CIGS solar cells

Feng-yan LI1... Xiang-yu DANG1, Li ZHANG1,*, Fang-fang LIU1, Ding SUN1, Qing HE1, Chang-jian LI1, Bao-zhang LI1 and Hong-bing ZHU2 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Tianjin Key Laboratory for Photoelectronic Thin Film Devices and Technology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • 2College of Physics Science & Technology, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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    This paper provides the fabrication of Cd-free Cu(In,Ga)Se2(CIGS) solar cells on soda-lime glass substrates. A high quality ZnS buffer layer is grown by chemical bath deposition (CBD) process with ZnSO4-NH3-SC (NH2)2aqueous solution system. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) result shows that the as-deposited ZnS film has cubic (111) and (220) diffraction peaks. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images indicate that the ZnS film has a dense and compact surface with good crystalline quality. Transmission measurement shows that the optical transmittance is about 90% when the wavelength is beyond 500 nm. The bandgap (Eg) value of the as-deposited ZnS film is estimated to be 3.54 eV. Finally, a competitive efficiency of 11.06% is demonstrated for the Cd-free CIGS solar cells with ZnS buffer layer after light soaking.

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    LI Feng-yan, DANG Xiang-yu, ZHANG Li, LIU Fang-fang, SUN Ding, HE Qing, LI Chang-jian, LI Bao-zhang, ZHU Hong-bing. Fabrication of high-quality ZnS buffer and its application in Cd-free CIGS solar cells[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2014, 10(4): 266

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    Paper Information

    Received: Apr. 18, 2014

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Oct. 12, 2017

    The Author Email: Li ZHANG (lzhang@nankai.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s11801-014-4064-0

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