Wild Band Edges: The Role of Bandgap Grading and Band-Edge Fluctuations in High-Efficiency Chalcogenide Devices

Ingrid Repins; Lorelle Mansfield; Ana Kanevce; Soren A. Jensen; Darius Kuciauskas; Stephen Glynn; Teresa Barnes; Wyatt Metzger; James Burst; Chun Sheng Jiang; Patricia Dippo; Steve Harvey; Glenn Teeter; C. Perkins; Brian Egaas; Andriy Zakutayev; Jan Hendrik Alsmeier; Thomas Lusky; Lars Korte; Regan G. Wilks; Marcus Bar; Yanfa Yan; Stephan Lany; Pawel Zawadzki; Ji Sang Park; Suhuai Wei

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749600

Wild Band Edges: The Role of Bandgap Grading and Band-Edge Fluctuations in High-Efficiency Chalcogenide Devices

Ingrid Repins
, Lorelle Mansfield
, Ana Kanevce
, Soren A. Jensen
, Darius Kuciauskas
, Stephen Glynn
, Teresa Barnes
, Wyatt Metzger
, James Burst
, Chun Sheng Jiang
, Patricia Dippo
, Steve Harvey
, Glenn Teeter
, C. Perkins
, Brian Egaas
, Andriy Zakutayev
, Jan Hendrik Alsmeier
, Thomas Lusky
, Lars Korte
, Regan G. Wilks

Marcus Bar, Yanfa Yan, Stephan Lany, Pawel Zawadzki, Ji Sang Park, Suhuai Wei

National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy
Brandenburg University of Technology
University of Toledo
China Academy of Engineering Physics

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Abstract

Band-edge effects - including grading, electrostatic fluctuations, bandgap fluctuations, and band tails - affect chalcogenide device efficiency. These effects now require more careful consideration as efficiencies increase beyond 20%. Several aspects of the relationships between band-edge phenomena and device performance for NREL absorbers are examined. For Cu(In, Ga)Se2 devices, recent increases in diffusion length imply changes to the optimum bandgap profile. The origin, impact, and modification of electrostatic and bandgap fluctuations are also discussed. The application of the same principles to devices based on CdTe, kesterites, and emerging absorbers (Cu₂SnS₃, CuSbS₂), considering differences in materials properties, is examined.

Original language	American English
Pages	309-314
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749600 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749600
State	Published - 18 Nov 2016
Event	43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016 - Portland, United States Duration: 5 Jun 2016 → 10 Jun 2016

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Conference	43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Portland
Period	5/06/16 → 10/06/16

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See NREL/CP-5J00-65682 for preprint

NLR Publication Number

NREL/CP-5J00-67966

Keywords

CAS
CdTe
CIGS
CTS
CZTS
defect
fluctuations
grading

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Repins, I., Mansfield, L., Kanevce, A., Jensen, S. A., Kuciauskas, D., Glynn, S., Barnes, T., Metzger, W., Burst, J., Jiang, C. S., Dippo, P., Harvey, S., Teeter, G., Perkins, C., Egaas, B., Zakutayev, A., Alsmeier, J. H., Lusky, T., Korte, L., ... Wei, S. (2016). Wild Band Edges: The Role of Bandgap Grading and Band-Edge Fluctuations in High-Efficiency Chalcogenide Devices. 309-314. Paper presented at 43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016, Portland, United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749600, https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749600

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