Photochemical deposition of ZnS buffer layers for Cu(In, Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells via reusable solutions

Serena Gallanti; Nicolas Loones; Elisabeth Chassaing; Muriel Bouttemy; Arnaud Etcheberry; Thibaud Hildebrandt; Daniel Lincot; Negar Naghavi

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749866

Photochemical deposition of ZnS buffer layers for Cu(In, Ga)Se₂ thin film solar cells via reusable solutions

Serena Gallanti
, Nicolas Loones
, Elisabeth Chassaing
, Muriel Bouttemy
, Arnaud Etcheberry
, Thibaud Hildebrandt
, Daniel Lincot
, Negar Naghavi

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

A new bath composition for ZnS buffer layer deposition is presented allowing its photochemical growth on CIGSe absorbers. The main advantages of this solution compared to classical CBD-Zn(S, O) bath are: the deposition occurs at room temperature, the concentration of chemical precursors is 10 times lower than classical CBD-Zn(S, O), the use of a complexing agent such as ammonia is avoided and the same bath can be reused for several depositions. The same bath can be re-used for at least 4 times, leading to efficiencies between 13 and 14%, which is similar to what is obtained with CdS-buffered references.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1494-1497
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509027248
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749866
Publication status	Published - 18 Nov 2016
Event	43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016 - Portland, United States Duration: 5 Jun 2016 → 10 Jun 2016

Publication series

Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
Volume	2016-November
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

Conference

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

Keywords

Cd-free
Cu(In, Ga)Se
ZnS
buffer layer
electrodeposition
photochemical deposition

Access to Document

10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749866

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Gallanti, S., Loones, N., Chassaing, E., Bouttemy, M., Etcheberry, A., Hildebrandt, T., Lincot, D., & Naghavi, N. (2016). Photochemical deposition of ZnS buffer layers for Cu(In, Ga)Se₂ thin film solar cells via reusable solutions. In 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016 (pp. 1494-1497). Article 7749866 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference; Vol. 2016-November). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749866

Gallanti, Serena ; Loones, Nicolas ; Chassaing, Elisabeth et al. / Photochemical deposition of ZnS buffer layers for Cu(In, Ga)Se₂ thin film solar cells via reusable solutions. 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. pp. 1494-1497 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

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Photochemical deposition of ZnS buffer layers for Cu(In, Ga)Se₂ thin film solar cells via reusable solutions. / Gallanti, Serena; Loones, Nicolas; Chassaing, Elisabeth et al.
2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. p. 1494-1497 7749866 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference; Vol. 2016-November).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Gallanti S, Loones N, Chassaing E, Bouttemy M, Etcheberry A, Hildebrandt T et al. Photochemical deposition of ZnS buffer layers for Cu(In, Ga)Se₂ thin film solar cells via reusable solutions. In 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016. p. 1494-1497. 7749866. (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). doi: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749866