Grain Boundaries in Cu(In, Ga)Se2: A Review of Composition–Electronic Property Relationships by Atom Probe Tomography and Correlative Microscopy

O Cojocaru‐Mirédin, M Raghuwanshi… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Cu (In, Ga) Se2 thin‐film solar cells have attracted significant research interest in
recent decades due to their high efficiency in converting solar energy into electricity for …

[图书][B] Chalcogenide photovoltaics: physics, technologies, and thin film devices

R Scheer, HW Schock - 2011 - books.google.com
This first comprehensive description of the most important material properties and device
aspects closes the gap between general books on solar cells and journal articles on …

Present status and future prospects of CIGSS thin film solar cells

NG Dhere - Solar energy materials and solar cells, 2006 - Elsevier
Efficiencies of CuIn1− xGaxSe2− ySy (CIGSS) modules are comparable to those of lower
end crystalline-Si modules. CIGSS layers are prepared by reactive co-evaporation …

Vapor Transport Deposition of Highly Efficient Sb2(S,Se)3 Solar Cells via Controllable Orientation Growth

Y Pan, X Hu, Y Guo, X Pan, F Zhao… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The vapor transport deposition of quasi‐one‐dimensional antimony selenosulfide (Sb2 (S,
Se) 3) has recently attracted increasing research interest for the inexpensive, high …

Heavy Alkali Treatment of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells: Surface versus Bulk Effects

S Siebentritt, E Avancini, M Bär… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Chalcopyrite solar cells achieve efficiencies above 23%. The latest improvements are due to
post‐deposition treatments (PDT) with heavy alkalis. This study provides a comprehensive …

Grain-boundary recombination in Cu (In, Ga) Se2 solar cells

M Gloeckler, JR Sites, WK Metzger - Journal of applied physics, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
Two-dimensional simulations are performed to investigate the impact of grain boundaries
(GBs) on Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGS) solar-cell performance. Charged defect levels and …

Optimization of the CIGS based thin film solar cells: Numerical simulation and analysis

H Movla - Optik, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Chalcopyrite Cu (In, Ga) Se (CIGS) is a very promising material for thin film
photovoltaics and offers a number of interesting advantages compared to the bulk silicon …

Grain boundaries in Cu(In, Ga)(Se, S)2 thin-film solar cells

U Rau, K Taretto, S Siebentritt - Applied Physics A, 2009 - Springer
The paper reviews the current status of the research on grain boundaries in polycrystalline
Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 alloys used as absorber materials for thin-film solar cells. We discuss …

Understanding the beneficial role of grain boundaries in polycrystalline solar cells from single‐grain‐boundary scanning probe microscopy

I Visoly‐Fisher, SR Cohen, K Gartsman… - Advanced Functional …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The superior performance of certain polycrystalline (PX) solar cells compared to that of
corresponding single‐crystal ones has been an enigma until recently. Conventional …

Investigation of electrically-active defects in Sb2Se3 thin-film solar cells with up to 5.91% efficiency via admittance spectroscopy

X Hu, J Tao, G Weng, J Jiang, S Chen, Z Zhu… - Solar energy materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Admittance measurements were performed on Sb 2 Se 3-based thin-film solar cells with
energy conversion efficiencies from 3.85% to 5.91%. Three defects located at different …