• DocumentCode
    3195784
  • Title

    Direct current-voltage measurements of the Mo/CuInSe2 contact on operating solar cells

  • Author

    Shafarman, W.N. ; Phillips, J.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Energy Conversion, Delaware Univ., Newark, DE, USA
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    13-17 May 1996
  • Firstpage
    917
  • Lastpage
    919
  • Abstract
    Many high efficiency CuInSe2 based solar cells show blocking or nonohmic contact behavior in their current-voltage characteristic which has often been attributed to the Mo/CuInSe2 back contact. A novel device configuration is presented which allows the current-voltage characteristic of the Mo/CuInSe2 junction to be analyzed separately from the rest of the operating solar cell. Direct measurements of the back contact on operating CuInSe2 based solar cells which demonstrate this blocking behavior show that the Mo/CuInSe2 contact is ohmic with negligible contact resistance compared to the total series resistance of the device
  • Keywords
    contact resistance; copper compounds; electric current measurement; indium compounds; molybdenum; ohmic contacts; solar cells; ternary semiconductors; voltage measurement; Mo-CuInSe2; Mo/CuInSe2 contact; back contact; blocking behaviour; direct current-voltage measurements; high efficiency; negligible contact resistance; nonohmic contact behavior; ohmic contact; operating solar cells; total series resistance; Contact resistance; Current measurement; Diodes; Energy conversion; Equivalent circuits; Photovoltaic cells; Sputtering; Temperature; Voltage; Zinc oxide;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1996., Conference Record of the Twenty Fifth IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC
  • ISSN
    0160-8371
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3166-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC.1996.564278
  • Filename
    564278
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3195784