학술논문

CIS low-cost thin-film solar cells made from elemental metallic nanoparticles: Comparison of selenization parameters
Document Type
Conference
Source
2010 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2010 35th IEEE. :003446-003449 Jun, 2010
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Photonics and Electrooptics
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Copper
Films
Photovoltaic cells
Nanoparticles
Carbon
Solids
Indium
Language
ISSN
0160-8371
Abstract
We discuss the influence of selenization time during the preparation of low-cost CuInSe 2 (CIS) solar cells using commercially available elemental Cu and In nanoparticles. A simple non-vacuum ink deposition method is used where the nanoparticles are dispersed in alcohol and deposited onto a Mo-coated substrate in ambient atmosphere. Furthermore we investigate in this work a simple non-vacuum selenization reaction based on elemental selenium instead of the rather complex selenization processes normally used in the sequential process. SIMS/SNMS, XRD and XRF measurements of the CIS layers are carried out for various selenization durations. We observed that longer selenization times lead to less oxygen and carbon residues, an increase of selenium at the back contact and higher power conversion efficiencies.