Zinc Sulfide Based Chemically Deposited Buffer Layers for Electrodeposited CIS Solar Cells

Author

Hubert, C. ; Naghavi, N. ; Canava, B. ; Etcheberry, A. ; Lincot, D.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Res. & Dev. of Photovoltaic Energy, CNRS

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

38838

Firstpage

588

Lastpage

591

Abstract

This paper presents a thermodynamic study of Chemical Bath Deposition (CBD) of zinc sulfide based films in aqueous solution. The aim is a better understanding of the effect of temperature and pH on the deposition mechanism and film composition. The formation of solid phases has been predicted by means of the precipitation conditions of ZnO, Zn(OH)₂ and ZnS as a function of temperature between 298 and 363 K. Films have been deposited, without ammonia, on the basis of calculated diagrams and first results on solar cells based on electrodeposited CuIn(S,Se)₂ layers have been demonstrated

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; buffer layers; copper compounds; electrodeposits; indium compounds; liquid phase deposition; semiconductor growth; semiconductor thin films; solar cells; ternary semiconductors; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; 298 to 363 K; CuIn(SSe)₂-ZnS; Zn(OH)₂; ZnO; aqueous solution; chemical bath deposition; chemically deposited buffer layers; electrodeposited layers; electrodeposited solar cells; temperature effect; zinc sulfide films; Buffer layers; Cadmium; Chemicals; Computational Intelligence Society; Photovoltaic cells; Solids; Temperature; Thermodynamics; Zinc compounds; Zinc oxide;

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.2006.279525

Filename

4059698