Progress in Polycrystalline Thin‐Film Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells

UP Singh, SP Patra - International Journal of Photoenergy, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
For some time, the chalcopyrite semiconductor CuInSe2 and its alloy with Ga and/or S [Cu
(InGa) Se2 or Cu (InGa)(Se, S) 2], commonly referred as CIGS, have been leading thin‐film …

A review on atomic layer deposited buffer layers for Cu (In, Ga) Se2 (CIGS) thin film solar cells: Past, present, and future

S Sinha, DK Nandi, PS Pawar, SH Kim, J Heo - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
CIGS-based thin film solar cell (TFSC) technology is emerging as a promising contributor to
the solar photovoltaic industry next to the presently leading Si-based technology. Although …

Co-evaporated Cu2ZnSnSe4 films and devices

I Repins, C Beall, N Vora, C DeHart… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2012 - Elsevier
The use of vacuum co-evaporation to produce Cu2ZnSnSe4 photovoltaic devices with
9.15% total-area efficiency is described. These new results suggest that the early success of …

19·9%‐efficient ZnO/CdS/CuInGaSe2 solar cell with 81·2% fill factor

I Repins, MA Contreras, B Egaas… - Progress in …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We report a new record total‐area efficiency of 19· 9% for CuInGaSe2‐based thin‐film solar
cells. Improved performance is due to higher fill factor. The device was made by three‐stage …

Progress toward 20% efficiency in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 polycrystalline thin‐film solar cells

MA Contreras, B Egaas, K Ramanathan… - Progress in …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
This short communication reports on achieving 18· 8% total‐area conversion efficiency for a
ZnO/CdS/Cu (In, Ga) Se2/Mo polycrystalline thin‐film solar cell. We also report a 15 …

CIGS absorbers and processes

S Niki, M Contreras, I Repins, M Powalla… - Progress in …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The current status and future perspectives of Cu (In1− xGax) Se2 (CIGS) solar cells and
modules will be discussed in this paper. The conversion efficiencies of the state of the art …

Fabrication of Cu(In, Ga)Se2 thin films by sputtering from a single quaternary chalcogenide target

JH Shi, ZQ Li, DW Zhang, QQ Liu… - Progress in …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Single‐layered Cu‐In‐Ga‐Se precursors were fabricated by one‐step sputtering of
a single quaternary Cu (In, Ga) Se2 (CIGS) chalcogenide target at room temperature …

High-efficiency cu (in, ga) se2 cells and modules

M Powalla, P Jackson, W Witte, D Hariskos… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2013 - Elsevier
We report on the analytical description of high-efficiency Cu (In, Ga) Se 2-based solar cells
produced with a static coevaporation process. We discuss classic quality markers such as …

Analysis of recombination mechanisms in RbF-treated CIGS solar cells

S Karki, P Paul, G Rajan, B Belfore… - IEEE Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we studied the effect of rubidium fluoride (RbF) post-deposition treatment
(PDT) on the properties of Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGS) solar cells. Specifically, the recombination …

Will ultrathin CIGS solar cells overtake the champion thin-film cells? Updated SCAPS baseline models reveal main differences between ultrathin and standard CIGS

AF Violas, AJN Oliveira, JP Teixeira, TS Lopes… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGS) solar cells are amongst the best performing thin-film
technologies, with the latest performance gains being mainly due to recent years …