Optoelectronic Investigation of Sb-Doped Cu(In,Ga)Se2

Lorelle M. Mansfield; Darius Kuciauskas; Patricia Dippo; Jian V. Li; Karen Bowers; Bobby To; Clay Dehart; Kannan Ramanathan

doi:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2470082

Optoelectronic Investigation of Sb-Doped Cu(In,Ga)Se2

Lorelle M. Mansfield
, Darius Kuciauskas
, Patricia Dippo
, Jian V. Li
, Karen Bowers
, Bobby To
, Clay Dehart
, Kannan Ramanathan

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Abstract

In this study, we incorporated Sb into the precursor that was subsequently converted to Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ (CIGS) by a selenization process. We observed enhanced grain size and improved device performance compared with similarly processed CIGS films made without Sb. The optoelectronic properties of the Sb-doped CIGS films were examined with photoluminescence (PL) and admittance spectroscopy. These techniques allowed us to explore the changes in native defect compensation and evaluate the origin of a lower energy PL peak that is not typically seen in CIGS.

Original language	American English
Article number	7234835
Pages (from-to)	1769-1774
Number of pages	6
Journal	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
Volume	5
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2470082 https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2470082
State	Published - 2015

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NREL/JA-5K00-64376

Keywords

Admittance spectroscopy
Cu(In
defects
Ga)Se(CIGS)
photoluminescence
photovoltaic cells
Sb doping
thin films

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