Unusual Capacitance Emission Transients in CIGS Caused by Large Defect Entropy Changes
Capacitance transient data from bias-pulse experiments on CdS/CIGS solar cells show an unusual behavior at high temperatures. Above 350 K, a minority-carrier trap, with a larger activation energy than a majority-carrier trap, emits faster than the lower activation-energy minority trap. A simple enthalpy model for trap emission cannot explain this counterintuitive behavior; but the more complete Gibbs free-energy model that includes entropy can explain it. We show that entropy plays a major role in carrier emission from traps in CIGS.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-99-GO10337
- OSTI ID:
- 15016388
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-520-37359; TRN: US200513%%356
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Prepared for the 31st IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference and Exhibition, Lake Buena Vista, FL (US), 01/03/2005--01/07/2005; Other Information: PBD: 1 Feb 2005
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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