Copper indium diselenide thin film solar cells fabricated on flexible foil substrates

Başol, B.M.; Kapur, V. K.; Halani, A.; Leidholm, C.

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“…In 1993, the Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Institute (AIST) in Japan adopted an electron beam evaporation process followed by selenization to achieve the purpose of depositing an absorber layer on a flexible molybdenum foil, and the developed flexible solar cell has an efficiency of 8.3% [12]. In 1995, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) embedded gallium into the CIS matrix to increase the band gap, open circuit voltage and fill factor of the absorber, thereby a highly efficient CIGS cell based on molybdenum coated alkali lime glass substrate was developed, and the reported efficiency is 17.1% [13].…”

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Research on Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) Thin-Film Solar Cells

Zhou

2021

E3S Web Conf.

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As a new-style solar cell, copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cell owns excellent characteristics of solar energy absorption, and it is one of the widely used thin-film solar cells. This paper mainly focuses on the research progress of this type of solar cell. Firstly, its theoretical principles are briefly described. Then, its cell materials, configuration and fabrication procedure are introduced. Subsequently, the remarkable research work about CIGS solar cell are reviewed. Finally, its commercial status is illustrated, followed by the critical issues and future perspectives.

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Research on Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) Thin-Film Solar Cells

Zhou

2021

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“…For flexible solar cells, Mo, Ti, and Al foils were first tested by International Solar Electric Technology (ISET, Chatsworth, CA) in 1992. The ab sorber was grown using an e-beam evaporation process with sub sequent selenization, and only the best efficiency on Mo (S.3%) was reported [42]. In 2003, ISET reported an efficiency of 11.7% on a Mo foil using an ink-based method [49].…”

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Review of progress toward 20% efficiency flexible CIGS solar cells and manufacturing issues of solar modules

Reinhard

Chirilă

Blösch

et al. 2013

2012 IEEE 38th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) PART 2

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Solar cells based on chalcopyrite Cu(In, Ga)Se2 (CIGS) absorber layers show the highest potential for low-cost so lar electricity by yielding comparable efficiencies to polycrystalline Si wafer-based cells, while also offering inherent advantages of thin-film technology for cost reduction. Highest efficiency of 20.3% was recently achieved on rigid glass substrate. Deposition of CIGS films onto flexible substrates opens new fields of applications and could significantly decrease production costs by employing roll to-roll manufacturing and monolithic integration of solar cells to develop modules. Whereas, some years back, it seemed difficult to reach performance levels on flexible substrates similar to that obtained on glass, recent results on flexible polyimide prove that the efficiency gap can be significantly reduced. Different materials, i.e., mostly metals or plastics, have been used as flexible substrates, with highest cell efficiency of 18.7% demonstrated on a polyimide film. Improvements in efficiencies of flexible solar cells and mod ules achieved over the past few decades are discussed in this paper, addressing the main characteristics of substrate materials. The technology transfer from laboratory research to large-scale indus trial production of CIGS modules leads to new manufacturing challenges, mainly for CIGS deposition, interconnections of cells, and long-term performance stability.

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“…The transparent conductive oxide for the CIS devices was ZnO which was formed by MOCVD techniques to a nominal thickness of 1 pm to 1.8 pn by ISET [7]. Resistivity of the films typically were in the 2 x lQ3 Q-cm range.…”

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Innovative sputtering techniques for CIS and CdTe submodule fabrication. Annual subcontract report, 1 September 1991--31 August 1992

Armstrong¹,

Misra²,

Lanning³

1993

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DISCLAIMER Portions of this document may be illegible electronic image products. Images are produced from the best avaiIabie original document. FOREWORD This document serves as an interim technical progress report for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) program YG-1-11070-1, "Innovative Sputtering Techniques for CIS and CdTe Submodule Fabrication," for the Phase 1 period of the contract initiating on 1 September, 1991 and ending on 30 August 1992. This effort was designed to study innovative deposition techniques, such as the rotating cylindrical magnetron sputtering system and electrodeposition for large-area, low-cost copper-indium-diselenide 4.1.1

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Copper indium diselenide thin film solar cells fabricated on flexible foil substrates

Cited by 53 publications

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Research on Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) Thin-Film Solar Cells

Research on Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) Thin-Film Solar Cells

Review of progress toward 20% efficiency flexible CIGS solar cells and manufacturing issues of solar modules

Innovative sputtering techniques for CIS and CdTe submodule fabrication. Annual subcontract report, 1 September 1991--31 August 1992

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