Behavior of Na and RbF-Treated CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells with Stress Testing under Heat, Light, and Junction Bias

Walkons, Curtis; Jahandardoost, Mohsen; Friedlmeier, Theresa M.; Hempel, Wolfram; Paetel, Stefan; Nardone, Marco; Ursprung, Benedikt; Barnard, Edward S.; Kweon, Kyoung E.; Lordi, Vincenzo; Bansal, Shubhra

doi:10.1002/pssr.202000530

Title: Behavior of Na and RbF-Treated CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ Solar Cells with Stress Testing under Heat, Light, and Junction Bias

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Walkons, Curtis ^[1]; Jahandardoost, Mohsen ^[1]; Friedlmeier, Theresa M. ^[2]; Hempel, Wolfram ^[2]; Paetel, Stefan ^[2]; Nardone, Marco ^[3]; Ursprung, Benedikt ^[4]; Barnard, Edward S. ^[5]; Kweon, Kyoung E. ^[6]; Lordi, Vincenzo ^[6];

^[1]

Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW), Stuttgart (Germany)
Bowling Green State Univ., OH (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Molecular Foundry; Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Molecular Foundry
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: Fri Dec 18 00:00:00 EST 2020

Research Org.:: Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1818143

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1786535; OSTI ID: 1860718

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-832342
Journal ID: ISSN 1862-6254

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0007750; AC52-07NA27344; 5487; EE-0007750

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physica Status Solidi rrl

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 15; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1862-6254

Publisher:: Wiley

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; stability; post-deposition treatment; accelerated stress testing; open-circuit; short-circuit

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                    Walkons, Curtis, Jahandardoost, Mohsen, Friedlmeier, Theresa M., Hempel, Wolfram, Paetel, Stefan, Nardone, Marco, Ursprung, Benedikt, Barnard, Edward S., Kweon, Kyoung E., Lordi, Vincenzo, and Bansal, Shubhra. Behavior of Na and RbF-Treated CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells with Stress Testing under Heat, Light, and Junction Bias.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Walkons, Curtis, Jahandardoost, Mohsen, Friedlmeier, Theresa M., Hempel, Wolfram, Paetel, Stefan, Nardone, Marco, Ursprung, Benedikt, Barnard, Edward S., Kweon, Kyoung E., Lordi, Vincenzo, & Bansal, Shubhra. Behavior of Na and RbF-Treated CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells with Stress Testing under Heat, Light, and Junction Bias.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1002/pssr.202000530

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                    Walkons, Curtis, Jahandardoost, Mohsen, Friedlmeier, Theresa M., Hempel, Wolfram, Paetel, Stefan, Nardone, Marco, Ursprung, Benedikt, Barnard, Edward S., Kweon, Kyoung E., Lordi, Vincenzo, and Bansal, Shubhra. Fri .  
"Behavior of Na and RbF-Treated CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells with Stress Testing under Heat, Light, and Junction Bias".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1002/pssr.202000530.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1818143.

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  title        = {Behavior of Na and RbF-Treated CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells with Stress Testing under Heat, Light, and Junction Bias},

  author       = {Walkons, Curtis and Jahandardoost, Mohsen and Friedlmeier, Theresa M. and Hempel, Wolfram and Paetel, Stefan and Nardone, Marco and Ursprung, Benedikt and Barnard, Edward S. and Kweon, Kyoung E. and Lordi, Vincenzo and Bansal, Shubhra},

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  doi          = {10.1002/pssr.202000530},

  journal      = {Physica Status Solidi rrl},

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Potassium-induced surface modification of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films for high-efficiency solar cells journal, November 2013

From 20.9 to 22.3% Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se) 2 solar cell: Reduced recombination rate at the heterojunction and the depletion region due to K-treatment journal, July 2017

Effects of Rubidium Fluoride and Potassium Fluoride Postdeposition Treatments on Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 Thin Films and Solar Cell Performance journal, November 2017

Effects of heavy alkali elements in Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 solar cells with efficiencies up to 22.6% journal, July 2016

Group III Elemental Composition Dependence of RbF Postdeposition Treatment Effects on Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 Thin Films and Solar Cells journal, February 2018

Metastable Behavior on Cesium Fluoride‐Treated Cu(In 1– x ,Ga x )Se 2 Solar Cells journal, April 2020

Effect of heat-bias soaking on cesium fluoride-treated CIGS thin film solar cells journal, July 2018

Impact of heat‐light soaking and heat‐bias soaking on NaF‐treated CIGS thin film solar cells journal, April 2019

Effects of RbF postdeposition treatment and heat-light soaking on the metastable acceptor activation of CuInSe 2 thin film photovoltaic devices journal, August 2018

Alkali-induced grain boundary reconstruction on Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells using cesium fluoride post deposition treatment journal, February 2020

Direct evidence for grain boundary passivation in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells through alkali-fluoride post-deposition treatments journal, September 2019

Analysis of Recombination Mechanisms in RbF-Treated CIGS Solar Cells journal, January 2019

Impact of a RbF Postdeposition Treatment on the Electronic Structure of the CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 Heterojunction in High-Efficiency Thin-Film Solar Cells journal, September 2017

Rubidium Fluoride Post-Deposition Treatment: Impact on the Chemical Structure of the Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 Surface and CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 Interface in Thin-Film Solar Cells journal, October 2018

Unveiling the effects of post-deposition treatment with different alkaline elements on the electronic properties of CIGS thin film solar cells journal, January 2014

Effect of sodium incorporation into CuInSe 2 from first principles journal, August 2013

Effects of Na on the electrical and structural properties of CuInSe2 journal, May 1999

Injection Current Barrier Formation for RbF Postdeposition-Treated Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 -Based Solar Cells journal, December 2017

Evidence for Chemical and Electronic Nonuniformities in the Formation of the Interface of RbF-Treated Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 with CdS journal, December 2017

Time‐dependent open‐circuit voltage in CuInSe 2 /CdS solar cells: Theory and experiment journal, May 1987

Distinguishing metastable changes in bulk CIGS defect densities from interface effects journal, May 2003

Defect-related electronic metastabilities in chalcopyrite compounds journal, April 2014

Creation and relaxation of light- and bias-induced metastabilities in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 journal, September 2009

Metastabilities in the electrical characteristics of CIGS devices: Experimental results vs theoretical predictions journal, May 2007

Light- and bias-induced metastabilities in Cu(In,Ga)Se[sub 2] based solar cells caused by the (V[sub Se]-V[sub Cu]) vacancy complex journal, January 2006

Anion vacancies as a source of persistent photoconductivity in II-VI and chalcopyrite semiconductors journal, July 2005

Significance of metastable acceptors in Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 solar cells in accelerated lifetime testing journal, July 2018

Metastable properties of Cu(In1−xGax)Se2 with and without sodium journal, February 2011

Light-induced changes in the minority carrier diffusion length of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 absorber material journal, April 2017

Optically induced metastability in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 journal, October 2017

Persistent photoconductivity in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 heterojunctions and thin films prepared by sequential deposition journal, July 1998

Behavior of Photocarriers in the Light-Induced Metastable State in the p - n Heterojunction of a Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 Solar Cell with CBD-ZnS Buffer Layer journal, August 2016

Charging and discharging of defect states in CIGS/ZnO junctions journal, February 2000

Defects in Cu(In, Ga) Se2 semiconductors and their role in the device performance of thin-film solar cells journal, March 1997

The metastable changes of the trap spectra of CuInSe 2 ‐based photovoltaic devices journal, November 1996

Intrinsic D X Centers in Ternary Chalcopyrite Semiconductors journal, January 2008

Effect of light soaking on the electro- and photoluminescence of Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 solar cells journal, October 2013

Secondary barriers in CdS–CuIn1−xGaxSe2 solar cells journal, March 2005

Quantifying Large Lattice Relaxations in Photovoltaic Devices journal, February 2020

CIGS Cells and Modules With High Efficiency on Glass and Flexible Substrates journal, January 2014

Interpretation of admittance, capacitance-voltage, and current-voltage signatures in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells journal, February 2010

Understanding defect-related issues limiting efficiency of CIGS solar cells journal, August 2009

Bulk and metastable defects in CuIn1−xGaxSe2 thin films using drive-level capacitance profiling journal, February 2004

Electrical characterization and comparison of CIGS solar cells made with different structures and fabrication techniques journal, January 2018

Charge and doping distributions by capacitance profiling in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells journal, March 2008

Voltage-Induced Charge Redistribution in Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 Devices Studied With High-Speed Capacitance–Voltage Profiling journal, January 2019

Voltage dependent admittance spectroscopy for the detection of near interface defect states for thin film solar cells journal, January 2017

Electronic properties of CuGaSe2-based heterojunction solar cells. Part I. Transport analysis journal, January 2000

Effects of Sodium on Polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se2 and Its Solar Cell Performance journal, January 1998

Direct observation of Na and O impurities at grain surfaces of CuInSe2 thin films journal, January 1999

Chemical interaction of Na with cleaved (011) surfaces of CuInSe 2 journal, November 1996

Oxygen doping in CdTe, CdS and ZnS journal, February 1992

Effect of Alkali Metal Atom Doping on the CuInSe 2 -Based Solar Cell Absorber journal, July 2017

Thin-film solar cells: device measurements and analysis journal, March 2004

Title: Behavior of Na and RbF-Treated CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ Solar Cells with Stress Testing under Heat, Light, and Junction Bias

Sodium incorporation strategies for CIGS growth at different temperatures
journal, June 2005

Surface passivation and point defect control in Cu(In,Ga)Se ₂ films with a Na ₂ S post deposition treatment for higher than 19% CIGS cell performance
journal, January 2019

Tunable Carrier Concentration of NaF-Treated CIGS Solar Cells Using Heat-Light Soaking and Subsequent Heating
journal, March 2018

Effects of NaF evaporation during low temperature Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 growth
journal, May 2015

Features of KF and NaF Postdeposition Treatments of Cu(In,Ga)Se ₂ Absorbers for High Efficiency Thin Film Solar Cells
journal, August 2015

Impact of heat-light soaking on potassium fluoride treated CIGS solar cells with CdS buffer layer
journal, November 2017

Potassium-induced surface modification of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films for high-efficiency solar cells
journal, November 2013

From 20.9 to 22.3% Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se) ₂ solar cell: Reduced recombination rate at the heterojunction and the depletion region due to K-treatment
journal, July 2017

Effects of Rubidium Fluoride and Potassium Fluoride Postdeposition Treatments on Cu(In,Ga)Se ₂ Thin Films and Solar Cell Performance
journal, November 2017

Effects of heavy alkali elements in Cu(In,Ga)Se ₂ solar cells with efficiencies up to 22.6%
journal, July 2016

Group III Elemental Composition Dependence of RbF Postdeposition Treatment Effects on Cu(In,Ga)Se ₂ Thin Films and Solar Cells
journal, February 2018

Metastable Behavior on Cesium Fluoride‐Treated Cu(In _{1– x} ,Ga _x )Se ₂ Solar Cells
journal, April 2020

Effect of heat-bias soaking on cesium fluoride-treated CIGS thin film solar cells
journal, July 2018

Impact of heat‐light soaking and heat‐bias soaking on NaF‐treated CIGS thin film solar cells
journal, April 2019

Effects of RbF postdeposition treatment and heat-light soaking on the metastable acceptor activation of CuInSe ₂ thin film photovoltaic devices
journal, August 2018

Alkali-induced grain boundary reconstruction on Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells using cesium fluoride post deposition treatment
journal, February 2020

Direct evidence for grain boundary passivation in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells through alkali-fluoride post-deposition treatments
journal, September 2019

Analysis of Recombination Mechanisms in RbF-Treated CIGS Solar Cells
journal, January 2019

Impact of a RbF Postdeposition Treatment on the Electronic Structure of the CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se ₂ Heterojunction in High-Efficiency Thin-Film Solar Cells
journal, September 2017

Rubidium Fluoride Post-Deposition Treatment: Impact on the Chemical Structure of the Cu(In,Ga)Se ₂ Surface and CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se ₂ Interface in Thin-Film Solar Cells
journal, October 2018

Unveiling the effects of post-deposition treatment with different alkaline elements on the electronic properties of CIGS thin film solar cells
journal, January 2014

Effect of sodium incorporation into CuInSe ₂ from first principles
journal, August 2013

Effects of Na on the electrical and structural properties of CuInSe2
journal, May 1999

Injection Current Barrier Formation for RbF Postdeposition-Treated Cu(In,Ga)Se ₂ -Based Solar Cells
journal, December 2017

Evidence for Chemical and Electronic Nonuniformities in the Formation of the Interface of RbF-Treated Cu(In,Ga)Se ₂ with CdS
journal, December 2017

Time‐dependent open‐circuit voltage in CuInSe ₂ /CdS solar cells: Theory and experiment
journal, May 1987

Distinguishing metastable changes in bulk CIGS defect densities from interface effects
journal, May 2003

Defect-related electronic metastabilities in chalcopyrite compounds
journal, April 2014

Creation and relaxation of light- and bias-induced metastabilities in Cu(In,Ga)Se2
journal, September 2009

Metastabilities in the electrical characteristics of CIGS devices: Experimental results vs theoretical predictions
journal, May 2007

Light- and bias-induced metastabilities in Cu(In,Ga)Se[sub 2] based solar cells caused by the (V[sub Se]-V[sub Cu]) vacancy complex
journal, January 2006

Anion vacancies as a source of persistent photoconductivity in II-VI and chalcopyrite semiconductors
journal, July 2005

Significance of metastable acceptors in Cu(In,Ga)Se ₂ solar cells in accelerated lifetime testing
journal, July 2018

Metastable properties of Cu(In1−xGax)Se2 with and without sodium
journal, February 2011

Light-induced changes in the minority carrier diffusion length of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 absorber material
journal, April 2017

Optically induced metastability in Cu(In,Ga)Se2
journal, October 2017

Persistent photoconductivity in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 heterojunctions and thin films prepared by sequential deposition
journal, July 1998

Behavior of Photocarriers in the Light-Induced Metastable State in the p - n Heterojunction of a Cu(In,Ga)Se ₂ Solar Cell with CBD-ZnS Buffer Layer
journal, August 2016

Charging and discharging of defect states in CIGS/ZnO junctions
journal, February 2000

Defects in Cu(In, Ga) Se2 semiconductors and their role in the device performance of thin-film solar cells
journal, March 1997

The metastable changes of the trap spectra of CuInSe ₂ ‐based photovoltaic devices
journal, November 1996

Intrinsic $D X$ Centers in Ternary Chalcopyrite Semiconductors
journal, January 2008

Effect of light soaking on the electro- and photoluminescence of Cu(In,Ga)Se ₂ solar cells
journal, October 2013

Secondary barriers in CdS–CuIn1−xGaxSe2 solar cells
journal, March 2005

Quantifying Large Lattice Relaxations in Photovoltaic Devices
journal, February 2020

CIGS Cells and Modules With High Efficiency on Glass and Flexible Substrates
journal, January 2014

Interpretation of admittance, capacitance-voltage, and current-voltage signatures in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells
journal, February 2010

Understanding defect-related issues limiting efficiency of CIGS solar cells
journal, August 2009

Bulk and metastable defects in CuIn1−xGaxSe2 thin films using drive-level capacitance profiling
journal, February 2004

Electrical characterization and comparison of CIGS solar cells made with different structures and fabrication techniques
journal, January 2018

Charge and doping distributions by capacitance profiling in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells
journal, March 2008

Voltage-Induced Charge Redistribution in Cu(In,Ga)Se ₂ Devices Studied With High-Speed Capacitance–Voltage Profiling
journal, January 2019

Voltage dependent admittance spectroscopy for the detection of near interface defect states for thin film solar cells
journal, January 2017

Electronic properties of CuGaSe2-based heterojunction solar cells. Part I. Transport analysis
journal, January 2000

Effects of Sodium on Polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se2 and Its Solar Cell Performance
journal, January 1998

Direct observation of Na and O impurities at grain surfaces of CuInSe2 thin films
journal, January 1999

Chemical interaction of Na with cleaved (011) surfaces of CuInSe ₂
journal, November 1996

Oxygen doping in CdTe, CdS and ZnS
journal, February 1992

Effect of Alkali Metal Atom Doping on the CuInSe ₂ -Based Solar Cell Absorber
journal, July 2017

Thin-film solar cells: device measurements and analysis
journal, March 2004