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Control of Mose2 formation in hydrazine-free solution-processed CIS/CIGS thin film solar cells
conference contribution
posted on 2017-08-10, 08:48 authored by Sona Ulicna, Panagiota Arnou, Alexander Eeles, Mustafa Togay, Lewis Wright, Ali AbbasAli Abbas, Andrei MalkovAndrei Malkov, Michael WallsMichael Walls, Jake BowersJake BowersThis study investigated an approach to control the MoSe2 layer formation at the Mo/CIGS interface of hydrazinefree solution-processed CIGS solar cells. The MoSe2 layer thickness reduction was achieved by deposition of a MoNx back contact barrier layer, which effectively acts as a diffusion barrier against selenium (Se). The resulting Mo/MoNx/Mo multilayer was
applied in a CIGS device as the back contact. The electrical performance of this device was compared to our baseline approach with bare Mo as the back contact. The MoSe2 layer formed after selenization was dramatically reduced when the barrier layer was present and the corresponding device exhibited a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 8.2%. More importantly, the application of the barrier layer as an intermediate layer within the Mo back contact allows for longer, or even multiple
selenization steps. A longer or a multiple selenization was shown to improve the absorber grain growth and consequently result in higher PCEs.
Funding
The authors are grateful for funding from the EPSRC (EP/N026438/1) to support this work.
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IEEE PVSC-44Citation
ULICNA, S. ... et al., 2017. Control of Mose2 formation in hydrazine-free solution-processed CIS/CIGS thin film solar cells. Presented at the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Washington, D.C., USA, 25th-30th June 2017, pp.186-191.Publisher
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2017-06-18Publication date
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