A Novel Approach to the Manufacture of Chalcogenide Thin Film Solar Cell

Author

Geyer, Volker ; Schuurmans, Frank ; Linden, Hans ; Kirchner, Gerwin ; Wienke, Jeannette ; Goris, Maurice

Author_Institution

Scheuten Res., Venlo

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

38838

Firstpage

333

Lastpage

337

Abstract

We present a unique approach to the manufacture of thin film chalcogenide solar cells. Glass beads are covered with Copper Indium Disulfide (CIS) and further processed into cells. The different process steps are described and the advantages discussed. The glass beads are covered with metallic precursor layers of copper and indium having an atomic ratio of 1.25. Sulfurization is carried out under atmospheric pressure using different H₂S/Argon mixtures. The influence of sulfurization temperature and chemical bath deposition (CBD) conditions on cell performance was investigated

Keywords

copper compounds; indium compounds; liquid phase deposition; semiconductor device manufacture; semiconductor thin films; solar cells; ternary semiconductors; thin film devices; CBD; CIS; CuInS₂; chalcogenide thin film; chemical bath deposition; copper indium disulfide; glass beads; metallic precursor layers; solar cell; sulfurization; Argon; Atomic layer deposition; Computational Intelligence Society; Copper; Glass; Indium; Manufacturing; Photovoltaic cells; Temperature; Transistors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279458

Filename

4059631