Surface Passivation for Reliable Measurement of Bulk Electronic Properties of Heterojunction Devices

被引：17

作者：

Bissig, Benjamin ^{[1
]}

Guerra-Nunez, Carlos ^{[2
]}

Carron, Romain ^{[1
]}

Nishiwaki, Shiro ^{[1
]}

La Mattina, Fabio ^{[3
]}

Pianezzi, Fabian ^{[1
]}

Losio, Paolo A. ^{[4
]}

Avancini, Enrico ^{[1
]}

Reinhard, Patrick ^{[1
]}

Haass, Stefan G. ^{[1
]}

Lingg, Martina ^{[1
]}

Feurer, Thomas ^{[1
]}

Utke, Ivo ^{[2
]}

Buecheler, Stephan ^{[1
]}

Tiwari, Ayodhya N. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Empa Swiss Fed Labs Mat Sci & Technol, Lab Thin Films & Photovolta, Ueberlandstr 129, CH-8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland

[2] Empa Swiss Fed Labs Mat Sci & Technol, Lab Mech Mat & Nanostruct, Feuerwerkerstr 39, CH-3602 Thun, Switzerland

[3] Empa Swiss Fed Labs Mat Sci & Technol, Reliabil Sci & Technol Lab, Ueberlandstr 129, CH-8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland

[4] Zurich Univ Appl Sci ZHAW, Sch Engn, Inst Computat Phys, Tech Str 9, CH-8401 Winterthur, Switzerland

来源：

SMALL | 2016年 / 12卷 / 38期

基金：

瑞士国家科学基金会;

关键词：

atomic layer deposition; CIGS; electron beam induced current; surface passivation; heterojunctions; thin film solar cells; CU(IN; GA)SE-2; SOLAR-CELLS; BEAM-INDUCED CURRENT; EFFICIENCY; COLLECTION; INTERFACE; LAYER; RECOMBINATION; SIMULATION; IMPACT; AL2O3;

D O I：

10.1002/smll.201601575

中图分类号：

O6 [化学];

学科分类号：

0703 ;

摘要：

Quantum efficiency measurements of state of the art Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 (CIGS) thin film solar cells reveal current losses in the near infrared spectral region. These losses can be ascribed to inadequate optical absorption or poor collection of photogenerated charge carriers. Insight on the limiting mechanism is crucial for the development of more efficient devices. The electron beam induced current measurement technique applied on device cross-sections promises an experimental access to depth resolved information about the charge carrier collection probability. Here, this technique is used to show that charge carrier collection in CIGS deposited by multistage co-evaporation at low temperature is efficient over the optically active region and collection losses are minor as compared to the optical ones. Implications on the favorable absorber design are discussed. Furthermore, it is observed that the measurement is strongly affected by cross-section surface recombination and an accurate determination of the collection efficiency is not possible. Therefore it is proposed and shown that the use of an Al2O3 layer deposited onto the cleaved cross-section significantly improves the accuracy of the measurement by reducing the surface recombination. A model for the passivation mechanism is presented and the passivation concept is extended to other solar cell technologies such as CdTe and Cu-2(Zn,Sn)(S,Se)(4).

引用

页码：5339 / 5346

页数：8

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