期刊
IEEE JOURNAL OF PHOTOVOLTAICS
卷 4, 期 1, 页码 477-482出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2285617
关键词
CIGS; defects; first-principles calculations; photovoltaics
资金
- U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AC36-08GO28308]
It is well known that adding Ga to CuInSe2 forming CuIn1-xGaxSe2 (CIGS) alloy can significantly improve the solar cell efficiency, but adding too much Ga will lead to a decline of the solar cell efficiency. The exact origin of this puzzling phenomenon is currently still under debate. It is especially unclear whether it is caused by either structural or electronic issues. In this paper, we conclude that the defect issue, especially antisite defects M-Cu (M = In, Ga), rather than the alloy solubility is the key problem for the reduced efficiency in CIGS. The deep levels that are induced by M-Cu defects can pin the open-circuit voltage (V-oc) of CIGS. Self-compensation in CIGS, which forms 2V(Cu) + M-Cu defect complexes, is found to be beneficial to quenching the deep-trap levels induced by M-Cu in CIGS. Unfortunately, the density of isolated M-Cu is quite high and cannot be largely converted into 2V(Cu) + M-Cu complexes under thermal equilibrium condition. Thus, nonequilibrium growth conditions or low growth temperature that can suppress the formation of the deep-trap centers M-Cu will be necessary to improve the efficiency of CIGS solar cells, especially with high Ga concentrations.
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