Journal
2020 47TH IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE (PVSC)
Volume -, Issue -, Pages 1192-1197Publisher
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/pvsc45281.2020.9300930
Keywords
Thermal Stability; CIGSe solar cells; CdS; a-GaOx; Amorphous Buffer Layer
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- Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Turkey
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In this contribution the impact of thermal stress on Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 (CIGSe) thin film photovoltaic devices is investigated. The tolerance of such devices to high temperatures is of particular interest for their potential use as bottom devices in tandem applications in order to overcome the theoretical efficiency limit of single junction solar cells. When CdS-buffered CIGSe high efficiency solar cells are subjected to thermal stress, elemental interdiffusion of Na and Cd between the absorber and the window layers as well as chemical reactions at the CIGSe/CdS interface result in a degraded power conversion efficiency (PCE). Here, we compare the degradation mechanisms of CdS and amorphous GaOx buffered CIGSe solar cells under thermal stress. A model explaining the observed degradation behaviours is proposed.
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