TY - JOUR
T1 - Fabrication of wide-gap Cu(In1-xGa x)Se2 thin film solar cells
T2 - A study on the correlation of cell performance with highly resistive i-ZnO layer thickness
AU - Ishizuka, S.
AU - Sakurai, K.
AU - Yamada, A.
AU - Matsubara, K.
AU - Fons, P.
AU - Iwata, K.
AU - Nakamura, S.
AU - Kimura, Y.
AU - Baba, T.
AU - Nakanishi, H.
AU - Kojima, T.
AU - Niki, S.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the Incorporated Administrative Agency, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).
PY - 2005/5
Y1 - 2005/5
N2 - The correlation of the cell performance of wide-gap Cu(In1- xGax)Se2 (CIGS) solar cells with the thickness of highly resistive i-ZnO layers, which are commonly introduced between the buffer layer and the transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer in CIGS solar cell devices, was studied. It was found that cell parameters, in particular, the fill factor (F.F.) varied with the thickness of the i-ZnO layers and the variation of the F.F. was directly related to cell efficiency. A 16%-efficiency was achieved without use of an anti-reflection coating from wide-gap (E g∼1.3 eV) CIGS solar cells by adjusting the deposition conditions of the i-ZnO layers.
AB - The correlation of the cell performance of wide-gap Cu(In1- xGax)Se2 (CIGS) solar cells with the thickness of highly resistive i-ZnO layers, which are commonly introduced between the buffer layer and the transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer in CIGS solar cell devices, was studied. It was found that cell parameters, in particular, the fill factor (F.F.) varied with the thickness of the i-ZnO layers and the variation of the F.F. was directly related to cell efficiency. A 16%-efficiency was achieved without use of an anti-reflection coating from wide-gap (E g∼1.3 eV) CIGS solar cells by adjusting the deposition conditions of the i-ZnO layers.
KW - Cu(In,Ga)Se
KW - Solar cells
KW - Wide-gap CIGS
KW - ZnO
KW - i-ZnO layer thickness
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U2 - 10.1016/j.solmat.2004.08.017
DO - 10.1016/j.solmat.2004.08.017
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:20244368960
SN - 0927-0248
VL - 87
SP - 541
EP - 548
JO - Solar Cells
JF - Solar Cells
IS - 1-4
ER -
