Deposition and characterization of CuInSe2

A.G. Chowles, J.H. Neethling, H. Van Niekerk, J.A.A. Engelbrecht and V.J. Watters

Renewable Energy, 1995, vol. 6, issue 5, 613-618

Abstract: Polycrystalline CuInSe2 thin film solar cells were prepared by two methods: three-source evaporation and co-electrodeposition from a single bath. Structural and compositional characterization was carried out by X-ray diffraction, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The evaporation technique produced chalcopyrite CIS for stoichmetric and In-rich films while the Cu-rich films exhibited only the sphalerite phase. SEM analysis shows grain sizes of 0.5–0.7 μum for stoichmetric CIS. Electron diffraction also revealed the presence of CIS. It was found that sufficient Cu, In and Se could be co-electrodeposited from a single bath. EDS analysis showed that annealing resulted in the loss of Se. The adhesion of the film to the substrate depends critically on the current density and time of deposition.

Date: 1995
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/096014819500068U
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:renene:v:6:y:1995:i:5:p:613-618

DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(95)00068-U

Access Statistics for this article

Renewable Energy is currently edited by Soteris A. Kalogirou and Paul Christodoulides

More articles in Renewable Energy from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().