Assessment of elemental distributions at line and planar defects in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films by atom probe tomography

Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells exhibit record power-conversion efficiencies of currently 22.6%. Such performance is impressive in view of the rather small average grain sizes of the Cu(In,Ga)Se2 absorber. This work gives insight to the chemistry at linear and planar defects in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 absor...

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Published inScripta materialia Vol. 148; pp. 106 - 114
Main Authors Cojocaru-Mirédin, Oana, Schwarz, Torsten, Abou-Ras, Daniel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 15.04.2018
Subjects
Correlative microscopy
Cu(In,Ga)Se2
Grain boundaries
Impurity segregation
Twin boundaries
Grain boundaries
Twin boundaries
Cu(In,Ga)Se2
Impurity segregation
Correlative microscopy
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Summary:Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells exhibit record power-conversion efficiencies of currently 22.6%. Such performance is impressive in view of the rather small average grain sizes of the Cu(In,Ga)Se2 absorber. This work gives insight to the chemistry at linear and planar defects in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 absorber at the nanometer scale by means of atom-probe tomography. Moreover, the tip sample is investigated by transmission electron microscopy prior to the atom-probe tomography experiments to determine the structure of the planar defects. These experimental results are compared with those from theoretical predictions, and consequences for the energy-band diagrams around these planar defects are proposed. [Display omitted]
ISSN:1359-6462
1872-8456
DOI:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2017.03.034