Title :
A chemical kinetic analysis of the formation of CuInSe2 at different temperatures [solar cell modules]
Author :
Russell, TW Fraser ; Orbey, Nese ; Birkmire, Robert W.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Energy Conversion, Delaware Univ., Newark, DE, USA
Abstract :
Understanding the mechanism of the growth of CuInSe2 to obtain the pertinent kinetic data is essential for the effective design and real time control of processing equipment to produce CuInSe2 solar cell modules. Species concentrations as a function of time and temperature are obtained from experiments in a tubular chemical vapor deposition selenization reactor and a physical vapor deposition selenization reactor. In the present work, a chemical reaction analysis is carried out for both reactors. Using this information, the numerical solution to the set of mass balance equations, estimates of the rate constants and the activation energies are presented. The authors believe that this reaction analysis can be used to interpret reactions which take place during formation of CuInSe2 in a three source physical vapor deposition (PVD) reactor
Keywords :
CVD coatings; chemical vapour deposition; copper compounds; indium compounds; nuclear chemical analysis; reaction kinetics theory; reaction rate constants; semiconductor device models; semiconductor device testing; semiconductor growth; semiconductor thin films; solar cell arrays; solar cells; ternary semiconductors; CuInSe2; activation energies; chemical kinetic analysis; chemical reaction; chemical vapor deposition; mass balance equations; physical vapor deposition; rate constants; semiconductor growth mechanism; solar cell modules; tubular selenization reactor; Atherosclerosis; Chemical analysis; Chemical reactors; Chemical vapor deposition; Equations; Inductors; Kinetic theory; Photovoltaic cells; Process control; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 1994., Conference Record of the Twenty Fourth. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1994, 1994 IEEE First World Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1460-3
DOI :
10.1109/WCPEC.1994.519852
