• Title of article

    Investigation of rapid thermal annealing on Cu(In,Ga)Se2 films and solar cells

  • Author/Authors

    Wang، نويسنده , , Xuege and Li، نويسنده , , Sheng. S. and Kim، نويسنده , , W.K. and Yoon، نويسنده , , S. and Craciun، نويسنده , , V. and Howard، نويسنده , , J.M. and Easwaran، نويسنده , , S. and Manasreh، نويسنده , , O. and Crisalle، نويسنده , , O.D. and Anderson، نويسنده , , T.J.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
  • Pages
    12
  • From page
    2855
  • To page
    2866
  • Abstract
    Rapid thermal annealing (RTA), with fast ramp rate, was performed on several Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) films and solar cells under various peak annealing temperatures and holding times. Characterizations were made on CIGS films and cells before and after RTA treatments to study effects of RTA on the CIGS film properties and cell performance. In addition, AMPS-1D device simulation program was used to study effects of defect density on the cell performance by fitting the experimental data of RTA-treated CIGS cells. The results show that RTA treatments under optimal annealing condition can provide significant improvements in the electrical properties of CIGS films and cell performance while preserving the film composition and microstructure morphology.
  • Keywords
    Rapid thermal annealing (RTA) , Cu(In , Ga)Se2 (CIGS) , Hall effect
  • Journal title
    Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
  • Serial Year
    2006
  • Journal title
    Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
  • Record number

    1480718