Ga) 3 Se 5 (135 phase), that exists deep into the bulk of a high-efficiency CIGSe absorber as
determined by atom probe tomography (APT). To date, literature has shown that absorbers
grown with the three-step process exhibit the 135 phase only within the first few nanometers
from the CdS/CIGSe interface. In this contribution, we have found a small volume (100 nm×
100 nm× 300 nm) of the 135 phase to exist about 400 nm into the absorber. The paper will …