Journal
THIN SOLID FILMS
Volume 517, Issue 7, Pages 2550-2553Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2008.11.036
Keywords
Cu(In,Ca)Se-2; CBD-CdS; Interface; Trap levels; Thin film; Solar cells
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In this work we investigate the electronic properties of Glass/Mo/Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 (CIGS)/CdS/ZnO solar cells where the co-evaporated CIGS surfaces are subjected to a two steps chemical treatment. This two steps treatment consisting of a strong oxidative etch (bromine) of the absorber surface followed by a cyanide treatment leads to a significant (by 30%) improvement of the photovoltaic performances. The bromine etching time is used as variable in the study, while admittance spectroscopy is employed for electrically active defects characterization. Particular attention was given to the interpretation of the origin of the defects probed in the samples. One type of defects with activation energy ranging between 0.2 eV to 0.5 eV, commonly probed in the CIGS based devices and labelled N-2, are passivated by the cyanide treatment. This allowed us to propose a new interpretation concerning the nature of this type of defect. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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