Fabrication of high-quality ZnS buffer and its application in Cd-free CIGS solar cells

Feng-yan Li , Xiang-yu Dang , Li Zhang , Fang-fang Liu , Ding Sun , Qing He , Chang-jian Li , Bao-zhang Li , Hong-bing Zhu

Optoelectronics Letters ›› : 266 -268.

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Optoelectronics Letters ›› : 266 -268. DOI: 10.1007/s11801-014-4064-0
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Fabrication of high-quality ZnS buffer and its application in Cd-free CIGS solar cells

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This paper provides the fabrication of Cd-free Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) solar cells on soda-lime glass substrates. A high quality ZnS buffer layer is grown by chemical bath deposition (CBD) process with ZnSO4-NH3-SC (NH2)2 aqueous solution system. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) result shows that the as-deposited ZnS film has cubic (111) and (220) diffraction peaks. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images indicate that the ZnS film has a dense and compact surface with good crystalline quality. Transmission measurement shows that the optical transmittance is about 90% when the wavelength is beyond 500 nm. The bandgap (Eg) value of the as-deposited ZnS film is estimated to be 3.54 eV. Finally, a competitive efficiency of 11.06% is demonstrated for the Cd-free CIGS solar cells with ZnS buffer layer after light soaking.

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Solar Cell / Buffer Layer / Chemical Bath Deposition / Good Crystalline Quality / Competitive Efficiency

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Feng-yan Li,Xiang-yu Dang,Li Zhang,Fang-fang Liu,Ding Sun,Qing He,Chang-jian Li,Bao-zhang Li,Hong-bing Zhu. Fabrication of high-quality ZnS buffer and its application in Cd-free CIGS solar cells. Optoelectronics Letters 266-268 DOI:10.1007/s11801-014-4064-0

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