A unified schematic visualization of Si solar cell technologies as well
as tandem interconnection schemes (2, 3, 4 terminal) with industrial
relevance is presented based on a comprehensive literature review.
Indium sulfide (In2S3) thin films were deposited on glass and sapphire substrates by physical co-evaporation of the elements. The deposition parameters were varied to optimize the structural properties of the thin films. The sample epitaxially grown on a-sapphire substrate shows the smoothest surface and the highest crystallinity. The optical absorption properties were found to be independent on the deposition parameters and substrate material. We found for In2S3 a weakly pronounced absorption onset at 1.7 eV and a strong one at 2.5 eV, which can be attributed to direct band–band transitions located at 2.1 and 2.7 eV, respectively. Electrical characterization reveals photovoltaic activity with p-ZnCo2O4/ n-In2S3 heterodiodes but low performance due to non-ideal heterojunction properties. We further find a strong, persistent photoconductivity, which manifests itself in a strong time-dependence of the dark resistivity after the samples were exposed to light.
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