Progress in indium (III) sulfide (In 2 S 3 ) buffer layer deposition techniques for CIS, CIGS, and CdTe-based thin film solar cells

Mughal, Maqsood Ali; Engelken, Robert; Sharma, Rohit

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2015.07.028

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“…Finally, the comparisons of the improved cell efficiencies for different buffer layers with the relevant experimental results in the literature [1,11,12,17,[34][35][36] are shown in Table 3.…”

Section: Effects Of Absorber Thickness On Cigs Cell Performancementioning

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Non-Toxic Buffer Layers in Flexible Cu(In,Ga)Se₂Photovoltaic Cell Applications with Optimized Absorber Thickness

Asaduzzaman

Hosen

Ali

et al. 2017

International Journal of Photoenergy

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Absorber layer thickness gradient in Cu(In 1−x Ga x )Se 2 (CIGS) based solar cells and several substitutes for typical cadmium sulfide (CdS) buffer layers, such as ZnS, ZnO, ZnS(O,OH), Zn 1−x Sn x O y (ZTO), ZnSe, and In 2 S 3 , have been analyzed by a device emulation program and tool (ADEPT 2.1) to determine optimum efficiency. As a reference type, the CIGS cell with CdS buffer provides a theoretical efficiency of 23.23% when the optimum absorber layer thickness was determined as 1.6 μm. It is also observed that this highly efficient CIGS cell would have an absorber layer thickness between 1 μm and 2 μm whereas the optimum buffer layer thickness would be within the range of 0.04-0.06 μm. Among all the cells with various buffer layers, the best energy conversion efficiency of 24.62% has been achieved for the ZnO buffer layer based cell. The simulation results with ZnS and ZnO based buffer layer materials instead of using CdS indicate that the cell performance would be better than that of the CdS buffer layer based cell. Although the cells with ZnS(O,OH), ZTO, ZnSe, and In 2 S 3 buffer layers provide slightly lower efficiencies than that of the CdS buffer based cell, the use of these materials would not be deleterious for the environment because of their non-carcinogenic and non-toxic nature.

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Section: Effects Of Absorber Thickness On Cigs Cell Performancementioning

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Non-Toxic Buffer Layers in Flexible Cu(In,Ga)Se₂Photovoltaic Cell Applications with Optimized Absorber Thickness

Asaduzzaman

Hosen

Ali

et al. 2017

International Journal of Photoenergy

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“…This technology represents a significant market share but cannot be scaled indefinitely due to the presence of elements which may be associated with availability and safety issues. Although ALD has not integrated the thin-film photovoltaics mainstream (yet), recent results have suggested that it may become relevant to the use of alternative materials such as p-type Cu(Zn,Sn)S 2 and n-doped ZnO [7,8].…”

Section: Photovoltaics: Strategies Length Scales and Aldmentioning

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Atomic Layer Deposition in Energy Conversion Applications

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“…Silicon-based solar cells are ideal, but having a high cost and high operation temperature limits its portability and versatility, so, it is an urgent need to replace Si with a better and efficient material for photovoltaic applications [4][5][6]. Thin film solar technology based on CdTe, p-GaAs/n-GaAs, and ZnO/CdS/CuInSe2 etc., exhibiting ~ 20% efficiency, however, this is more expensive and having elements which are not earth abundance and toxic for environment [7].…”

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Donor-acceptor polymer for the design of All-Solid-State dye-sensitized solar cells

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Tahir

et al. 2017

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

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Progress in indium (III) sulfide (In 2 S 3 ) buffer layer deposition techniques for CIS, CIGS, and CdTe-based thin film solar cells

Cited by 81 publications

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Non-Toxic Buffer Layers in Flexible Cu(In,Ga)Se₂Photovoltaic Cell Applications with Optimized Absorber Thickness

Non-Toxic Buffer Layers in Flexible Cu(In,Ga)Se₂Photovoltaic Cell Applications with Optimized Absorber Thickness

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Donor-acceptor polymer for the design of All-Solid-State dye-sensitized solar cells

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Progress in indium (III) sulfide (In 2 S 3 ) buffer layer deposition techniques for CIS, CIGS, and CdTe-based thin film solar cells

Cited by 81 publications

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Non-Toxic Buffer Layers in Flexible Cu(In,Ga)Se2Photovoltaic Cell Applications with Optimized Absorber Thickness

Non-Toxic Buffer Layers in Flexible Cu(In,Ga)Se2Photovoltaic Cell Applications with Optimized Absorber Thickness

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Donor-acceptor polymer for the design of All-Solid-State dye-sensitized solar cells

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Non-Toxic Buffer Layers in Flexible Cu(In,Ga)Se₂Photovoltaic Cell Applications with Optimized Absorber Thickness

Non-Toxic Buffer Layers in Flexible Cu(In,Ga)Se₂Photovoltaic Cell Applications with Optimized Absorber Thickness