Effects of Cd-free buffer layer for CuInSe{sub 2} thin-film solar cells

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OSTI ID:208056

Nii, T; Sugiyama, I; Kase, T; Sato, M; Kaniyama, Y; Kuriyagawa, S; Kushiya, K; Takeshita, H ^[1]

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1. Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., Atsugi, Kanagawa (Japan). Central R and D Lab.

ZnO buffer layer by a chemical-bath deposition (CBD) method is developed in this study to improve the interface quality between n-ZnO window layer and p-CuInSe{sub 2} (CIS) thin-film absorber in CIS thin-film solar cells as one of the approaches to the fabrication of Cd-free thin-film solar cells. The optimization of the fabrication conditions of CBD-ZnO leads to the efficiency of about 10%. These results indicate the CBD-ZnO buffer layer has rather high capability to fabricate high-efficiency CIS thin-film solar cells.

• OSTI ID: 208056
• Report Number(s): CONF-941203--; ISBN 0-7803-1459-X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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