Control of the preferred orientations of Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 films and the photovoltaic conversion efficiency using a surface-functionalized molybdenum back contact
- Authors
- Yoon, Ju-Heon; Kim, Won-Mok; Park, Jong-Keuk; Baik, Young-Joon; Seong, Tae-Yeon; Jeong, Jeung-hyun
- Issue Date
- 1월-2014
- Publisher
- WILEY-BLACKWELL
- Keywords
- CIGS solar cell; trilayer back contact; MoSe2; preferred orientation; cell efficiency
- Citation
- PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS, v.22, no.1, pp.69 - 76
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS
- Volume
- 22
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 69
- End Page
- 76
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/99761
- DOI
- 10.1002/pip.2338
- ISSN
- 1062-7995
- Abstract
- The surface microstructures of molybdenum (Mo) back contacts were shown to play a crucial role in the preferred orientations of Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 (CIGS) films. The lower surface density of Mo tends to drive the growth of CIGS films toward favoring a (220)/(204) orientation, attributed to the higher likelihood of a MoSe2 reaction. This work showed that the presence of a very thin layer on a Mo bilayer facilitated the tuning of the CIGS grain orientations from strongly favoring (112) to strongly favoring (220)/(204) without sacrificing the electrode conductivity. The efficiency of Na-doped CIGS cells was increased toward decreasing Mo surface density, that is, increasing (220)/(204) CIGS orientation. Although slight changes in Na doping found between different Mo surface properties could contribute in part, the comparison with Na-reduced CIGS cells showed that it was more likely due to the (220)/(204) orientation-related enhancement of CdS/CIGS junction characteristics, which were possibly attributed to a favorable CdS reaction and a reduction in the defect metastabilities. Copyright (c) 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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