A comparative study of chemical-bath-deposited CdS, (Cd,Zn)S, ZnS, and In(OH)/sub x/S/sub y/ buffer layer for CIGS-based solar cells

In this paper a comparative study of CdS, (Cd,Zn)S, ZnS, and In(OH)/sub x/S/sub y/ buffer layers deposited by chemical bath deposition (CBD) has been made using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis and J-V measurements. J-V characteristics of the CIGS and CIGSS solar cells deposited with...

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Published inConference Record of the Twenty-Eighth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 2000 (Cat. No.00CH37036) pp. 696 - 699
Main Authors Huang, C.H., Li, S.S., Rieth, L., Halani, A., Fisher, M.L., Song, J., Anderson, T.J., Holloway, P.H.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2000
Subjects
Buffer layers
Chemical analysis
Chemical technology
Photonic band gap
Photovoltaic cells
Solids
Substrates
Transistors
Zinc compounds
Zinc oxide
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Summary:In this paper a comparative study of CdS, (Cd,Zn)S, ZnS, and In(OH)/sub x/S/sub y/ buffer layers deposited by chemical bath deposition (CBD) has been made using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis and J-V measurements. J-V characteristics of the CIGS and CIGSS solar cells deposited with Cd-free alternative buffer layers were measured and compared with the cells deposited with CBD CdS buffer layers. The results show comparable performance among these cells, and further optimization of the deposition conditions should improve the performance of the cells deposited with alternative buffer layers.
ISBN:9780780357723
0780357728
ISSN:0160-8371
DOI:10.1109/PVSC.2000.915961