Wide-Gap Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells with Zn(O,S) Buffer Layers Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition

被引：38

作者：

Nakashima, Kazuya ^{[1
]}

Kumazawa, Toyokazu ^{[1
]}

Kobayashi, Taizo ^{[1
]}

Mise, Takahiro ^{[1
]}

Nakada, Tokio ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Aoyama Gakuin Univ, Dept Elect Engn & Elect, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 2525258, Japan

来源：

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS | 2012年 / 51卷 / 10期

关键词：

BAND-OFFSET;

D O I：

10.1143/JJAP.51.10NC15

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Wide-gap Cu(In-0.4,Ga-0.6)Se-2 solar cells with Zn(O,S) buffer layers deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique have been investigated. The band-gap energy (E-g) of the Zn(O,S) layer estimated by optical transmission and reflection measurements was varied from 3.2 to 3.6 eV. The solar cells with sulfur (S)-poor Zn(O,S) buffer layers showed a low open-circuit voltage (V-OC) owing to the cliff nature of the conduction band offset (CBO). In contrast, the solar cells with S-rich Zn(O,S) buffer layers showed a low short-circuit current density (J(SC)) owing to the spike nature of CBO. Even if the CBO values were adequate, the best solar cell efficiencies were considerably low. These results suggest that the main cause for the low efficiencies is not interface recombination at the Zn(O,S)/Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 interface, but mainly bulk recombination in the Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 (CIGS) absorber layer. (C) 2012 The Japan Society of Applied Physics

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