Novel Thin-Film CuInSe2 Fabrication, Annual Subcontract Report, 1 March 1990 - 30 April 1991

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5784395· OSTI ID:5784395

Mooney, G. D.; Hermann, A. M.

This report describes research in Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP), a process that allows the formation of CuInSe{sub 2} without the use of H{sub 2}Se. RTP is a well-established method of rapidly achieving temperatures necessary to melt and recrystallize materials such as Si and and silicides. RTP processes can rapidly and uniformly heat large surface areas to hundreds of degrees Celsius. RTP is the most promising method of rapid recrystallization studied to date, being readily scalable from the research to the production level. The approach to the experiment was divided into two sections: (1) fabricating the precursor film and (2) processing the precursor film. The objective of the first phase of the work was to fabricate the thin films by RTP, then fully characterize them, to demonstrate the viability of the process as a method by which to make device-quality CuInSe{sub 2}. The second phase was to demonstrate that material made by this method could be used to make an active photovoltaic device. 24 refs.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 5784395
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-411-4752; ON: DE92001222
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
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ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
ANNEALING
CHALCOGENIDES
COHERENT SCATTERING
COPPER COMPOUNDS
COPPER SELENIDE SOLAR CELLS
COPPER SELENIDES
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
CRYSTALLIZATION
CuInSe2
DEPOSITION
DIFFRACTION
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
FILMS
GLASS
HEAT TREATMENTS
INDIUM COMPOUNDS
INDIUM SELENIDE SOLAR CELLS
INDIUM SELENIDES
LAYERS
MATERIALS
METALS
MICROSCOPY
MICROSTRUCTURE
MOLYBDENUM
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
PROGRESS REPORT
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
SCATTERING
SELENIDES
SELENIUM COMPOUNDS
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SUBSTRATES
THIN FILMS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
fabrication
photovoltaics
processing
solar cells
thin films