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Growth and characterization of CIGS thin films by plasma-assisted and thermal-assisted Se vapor selenization process
- Source :
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 701:732-739
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2017.
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Abstract
- In this work, we investigate the material growth of the electrodeposited Cu/In/Ga stacked layers selenized by a plasma-assisted Se vapor selenization (PASVS) process at various substrate heating temperatures. For comparison, a merely thermal-assisted Se vapor selenization (TASVS) process is also tested. The PASVS process can help enhance the decomposition of Cu-In-Ga mixed phase and also the formation of Cu-Se and In-Se binary phases when the sample is selenized at 150 °C. However, the use of PASVS process aggravates the element indium loss at the same temperature. Results also indicate that the PASVS process helps to activate the early formation of Ga-Se phase during selenization at 250 °C. The PASVS process generates a porous surface structure with certain CuGaSe2 phase near the surface region at 350 °C. With the increase of selenization temperature, the film selenized by the PASVS process is prone to a grain structure, while it is a polygonal structure in the case of TASVS. The PASVS process is more able to yield a pure CIGS phase with moderate Ga incorporation at a temperature of 550 °C.
- Subjects :
- 010302 applied physics
Yield (engineering)
Materials science
Mechanical Engineering
Metals and Alloys
chemistry.chemical_element
Nanotechnology
Crystal growth
02 engineering and technology
Substrate (electronics)
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Microstructure
01 natural sciences
Copper indium gallium selenide solar cells
Chemical engineering
chemistry
Mechanics of Materials
Phase (matter)
0103 physical sciences
Materials Chemistry
Thin film
0210 nano-technology
Indium
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09258388
- Volume :
- 701
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........634039d8a3c20ac7327ee6892d7e5399