Fabrication and characterization of thin-film Cu (In, Ga) Se₂ solar cells on a PET plastic substrate using screen printing

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• 作者：M.G. Faraj^a ; ^b ; ^{mohphysics_79@yahoo.com} ; K. Ibrahim^a ; A. Salhin^c
• 关键词：CIGS ; Polyethylene terephthalate ; Thin films ; Solar cells ; Chemical synthesis
• 刊名：Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：65_13698001
• 类别：ms
• 出版时间：April, 2012
• 卷：15
• 期：2
• 页码：165-173
• 文件大小：1148 K

摘要

Chalcopyrite copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) ink was prepared by dissolving copper, indium, gallium acetylacetonate and Se powder in oleylamine using the hot injection methods. CIGS films were deposited on a PET plastic substrate by a screen-printing technique using CIGS ink with a Ga content ranging from 0.3 to 0.6. X-ray diffraction patterns reveal that the films exhibit a chalcopyrite-type structure. The crystalline grain sizes of the films decrease with increasing Ga content. AFM data shows that the root mean square (RMS) surface roughness of the CIGS film decreases with increasing Ga content. The effects of the Ga content in the CIGS absorber layer on the optical properties of the corresponding thin films and solar cells were studied. The band-gap energies of the CIGS thin films increased with an increasing Ga/(In+Ga) ratio. The short-circuit current (I_SC) of the solar cell decreased linearly with the Ga/(In+Ga) ratio, while the open-circuit voltage (V_OC) increased with this ratio. The solar cell exhibited its highest efficiency of 4.122%at a Ga/(In+Ga) ratio of 0.3.