Journal
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
Volume 1, Issue 10, Pages 5257-+Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.8b00881
Keywords
Cu(In,Ga)Se-2; growth; thin film; coevaporation; polyimide; low temperature; photovoltaic
Funding
- French Research and Technology Agency (ARNT)
- IPVF
- French Government [ANR-IEED-002-01]
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A proper control of Ga composition gradient is mandatory to achieve high efficiency Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 (GIGS) solar cells. Steeper gradients are usually obtained when GIGS is deposited at low temperatures (<450 degrees C) on polymer substrates such as polyimide with a three-stage process. As a steep gallium gradient is considered detrimental to carrier transport and reduces solar cells efficiency, a modification of the deposition process has to be implemented. In this study, we analyze the GIGS growth and properties by coupling XRD, Raman spectroscopy, and GD-OES measurements at different stages of the deposition process for a classic three-stage process and a modified process so-called multistage process. To do so, several samples were stopped at different moments of the second stage of a coevaporation process. A better crystallized and Ga-richer material is obtained with the modified deposition process. This raises the advantages of low temperature deposition processes of GIGS as compared to classical high temperature ones.
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