Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 9, Issue 2, 112(2013)

Modification of deposition process for Cu(In, Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells on polyimide substrate at low temperature

Zhi-jun XIN1、*, Xi-ming CHEN1, Zai-xiang QIAO2, He WANG2, XUEYu-ming 1, Zhen PAN2, and Yuan TIAN3
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  • 1Tianjin Key Laboratory of Film Electronic & Communication Devices, School of Electronics Information Engineering,Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
  • 2National Key Laboratory of Power Sources, Tianjin Institute of Power Sources, Tianjin 300381, China
  • 3School of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
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    We fabricate polycrystalline Cu(In, Ga)Se2 (CIGS) film solar cells on polyimide (PI) substrate at temperature of 450 °C with single-stage process, and obtain a poor crystallization of CIGS films with several secondary phases in it. For improving it further, the two-stage process is adopted instead of the single-stage one. An extra Cu-rich CIGS layer with the thickness from 100 nm to 200 nm is grown on the substrate, and then another Cu-poor CIGS film with thickness of 1.5-2.0 μm is deposited on it. With the modification of the evaporation process, the grain size of absorber layer is increased, and the additional secondary phases almost disappear. Accordingly, the overall device performance is improved, and the conversion efficiency is enhanced by about 20%.

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    XIN Zhi-jun, CHEN Xi-ming, QIAO Zai-xiang, WANG He, XUEYu-ming, PAN Zhen, TIAN Yuan. Modification of deposition process for Cu(In, Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells on polyimide substrate at low temperature[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2013, 9(2): 112

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    Paper Information

    Received: Aug. 27, 2012

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Oct. 12, 2017

    The Author Email: Zhi-jun XIN (xinzhijun0218@163.com)

    DOI:10.1007/s11801-013-2340-z

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