Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 10, Issue 4, 266(2014)
Fabrication of high-quality ZnS buffer and its application in Cd-free CIGS solar cells
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
Received: Apr. 18, 2014
Accepted: --
Published Online: Oct. 12, 2017
The Author Email: Li ZHANG (lzhang@nankai.edu.cn)