Published 1988 | Version v1
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Control of deposition and surface properties of CuInSe2 thin films for solar cells

  • 1. Delaware Univ., Newark, DE (USA). Inst. of Energy Conversion

Description

The authors describe the surface characteristics of CuInSe2 films deposited in two layers by vacuum evaporation using elemental sources controlled by deposition conditions or modified by postdeposition etching. With the first layer substrate temperature less than 3500C the height of growth defects is reduced to less than 3 μm. For composite films where the Cu content exceeds 26%, the surface morphology has an angular faceted structure which may be associated with the onset of a second, Cu2Se, phase. CuInSe2/(CdZn)S devices fabricated on these films have poor diode characteristics. Specular CuInSe2 films can be produced by etching in a bromine in water solution

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
IEEE Service Center.
Imprint Place
Piscataway, NJ (USA)
Imprint Title
Twentieth IEEE photovoltaic specialists conference, 1988
Imprint Pagination
1671 p.
Series
Volume 1-2.
Journal Page Range
p. 1510-1514.

Conference

Title
20. IEEE photovoltaic specialists conference.
Dates
26-30 Sep 1988.
Place
Las Vegas, NV (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
21035299
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COPPER SELENIDES; DEPOSITION; ETCHING; FABRICATION; INDIUM SELENIDES; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THIN FILMS
Descriptors DEC
CHALCOGENIDES; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; FILMS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SELENIDES; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-880965--.