Electrical properties of Cu–In–S absorber prepared on Cu tape (CISCuT)

Alternative deposition methods of copper and silver indium ternary sulphides with spinel structure

“…Therefore, CuIn 5 S 8 spinel phase, being typically n-type and having a similar band gap, attracts our attention as an alternative to CuInS 2 material. CuIn 5 S 8 [4] and AgIn 5 S 8 [5] have attracted attention for application in photoelectrochemical and conventional solar cells before. Only few attempts to produce CuIn 5 S 8 and AgIn 5 S 8 thin films are known in the literature [6,7].…”

Structural, optical and electrical properties of CuIn5S8 thin films grown by thermal evaporation method

“…One of these ternary semiconductors which have attracted considerable attention [2] is the compound CuIn 5 S 8 . Thin films and single crystals of CuIn 5 S 8 have been deposited by various methods, such as sequential process [3], modified Bridgman method [4], single-source organo-metallic chemical vapour deposition [5] and normal freezing method [6].…”

“…In literature, some data about the properties of CuIn 5 S 8 single crystals have been studied [7][8][9]. However, only few attempts to produce CuIn 5 S 8 thin films are known [2,[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. Among the reported data, it was mentioned that CuIn 5 S 8 valency has disordered spinel structure (cubic, Fd3 m) on the tetrahedral sites and can be written by the general formula * Corresponding author.…”

Electronic Properties of Cu-In-S Solar Cells on Cu-Tape Substrate

“…Further, a p-CuI buffer layer and ZnO window layers improve the light conversion efficiency up to 5 %. The structure of the cell is supposed to be known in this paper ( Figure 1, [3][4][5]). Here, its electronic properties are of interest.…”

“…Here, its electronic properties are of interest. It has been shown [4] that the electronic structure of the "as grown" absorber contains two pn junctions, of which the upper one is photoactive and the lower one is short-circuited. In the present study, the internal absorber structure is further investigated.…”