Journal
IEEE JOURNAL OF PHOTOVOLTAICS
Volume 5, Issue 5, Pages 1482-1486Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2459971
Keywords
Cu(In, Ga)Se-2 (CIGS); deep levels; nano-DLTS; thin-film solar cell
Funding
- Institute for Materials Research, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Office of Naval Research [N00014-08-1-0795]
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Nanometer-scale deep-level transient spectroscopy (nano-DLTS) is used to simultaneously map the spatial distribution of the E-V + 0.47 eV trap in p-type Cu(In,Ga) Se-2 with surface topography, providing a spatially resolved correlation between electrical traps with physical structure. It is demonstrated that the observed EV + 0.47 eV trap properties using nano-DLTS match those seen with conventional macroscopic device-scale DLTS measurements. Additionally, maps of the EV + 0.47 eV trap reveal that this trap is not uniformly distributed and is likely associated with specific grain boundary structures. The combined approach reveals overall trap impact from the local nanometer scale to the device (micrometer-centimeter) scale and correlation with physical structures on the nanometer-scale that can be broadly applied to any semiconductor material.
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