Photovoltaic characterization of Copper–Indium–Gallium Sulfide (CIGS2) solar cells for lower absorber thicknesses

Preparation of crystalline zinc oxide films by one-step electrodeposition in Reline

“…It is highly conductive, stable in air and water, and has a 2.5 V electrochemical window. ZnO thin films have been extensively used as n-type transparent semiconductor layer in solar cells [1][2][3][4][5].…”

One-pot electrodeposition, characterization and photoactivity of stoichiometric copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin films for solar cells

“…4 Several methods of CIGS deposition based on vacuum techniques such as multi-step physical vapour deposition and conventional sputtering techniques have been developed. [5][6][7][8][9][10] The bottleneck in the production of CIGS thin film solar cells as a renewable energy source is formed by a combination of their high manufacturing cost, difficulty in scaling up the manufacturing process due to the limited size of the vacuum chambers used for depositing these films, and difficulty in the control on the formation of stoichiometric films. Due to the relatively high vapour pressure of selenium, even at moderately elevated temperatures, as-deposited CIGS films often do not contain the proper stoichiometric amount of selenium.…”

Optical Properties and Ultrafast Near‐Infrared Localized Surface Plasmon Dynamics in Naturally p‐Type Digenite Films

“…[ 23 ] Further studies by Rajkanan determined the optical constants in the range 1.1–2.7 eV of copper sulfide with different stoichiometries, showing that the imaginary part of the refractive index (i.e., k ) of Cu 1.77 S increases toward lower energies. [ 24 ] Grozdanov and Najdoski later confirmed a decrease in transmission at wavelengths longer than 1 µm, ascribing such absorption feature to interband excitation of free carriers. [ 25 ] In all the studies mentioned above, the films under investigation were obtained through chemical deposition or conversion of different phases of copper sulfide and not directly from bulk digenite.…”