Hostname: page-component-6bf8c574d5-rwnhh Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-02-22T16:56:19.780Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Comparison Between Al- and B-Doped Zno Window Layers For CuInSe2Thin Film Solar Cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

T. Nakada ,
N. Murakami  and
A. Kunioka
T. Nakada
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Aoyama Gakuin University, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157, Japan
N. Murakami
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Aoyama Gakuin University, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157, Japan
A. Kunioka
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Aoyama Gakuin University, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157, Japan
Get access

Abstract

A comparative study of several properties of ZnO:Al and ZnO:B films grown by magnetron sputtering has been performed. The influence of these window layers on device performance has also been investigated. Sputter-deposited ZnO:B films were used for the first time as a window material of CIS thin film solar cells. The short circuit current was improved by replacing ZnO:Al with ZnO:B window layers. A discussion of the issues relating to ZnO window layers for improving cell performance is presented.

Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 426: Symposium J – Thin Films for Photovoltaic and Related Device , 1996 , 411
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1. Hedstrom, J., Ohlsen, H., Bodegard, M., Kylner, A., Stolt, L.: Proc. 23rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conf, 1993 (IEEE, New york, 1993) P. 364.Google Scholar
2. Gay, R., Dietrich, M., Fredric, C., Jensen, C., Knapp, K., Tarrant, D. and Willet, D.: Proc. 12th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conf, 1994 (H. S. Stephens & Associates, Bedford, 1994) p. 935.Google Scholar
3. Tuttle, J. R., Contreras, M. A., Gillespie, T. J., Ramanathan, K. R., Tennant, A. L., Keane, J., Gabor, A. M., and Noufi, R.: Progress in Photovoltaics,3,(1995)235.Google Scholar
4. Minami, T., Sato, H., Nanto, H. and Takata, S.: Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 24(1985)L781.Google Scholar
5. Igasaki, Y. and Saito, H.: J. Appl. Phys. 69(1991)2190.Google Scholar
6. Aita, C. R., Lad, R. J. and Tisone, T. C.: J. Appl. Phys. 51(1980)6405.Google Scholar
7. Tsuji, N., Komiyama, H. and Tanaka, K.: Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 29(1990)835.Google Scholar
8. Sato, H., Minami, T., Tamura, Y., Takata, S., Mouri, T. and Ogawa, N.: Thin Solid Films 246(1994)86.Google Scholar
9. Minami, T., Sato, H., Takata, S., Ogawa, N. and Mouri, T.: Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 31(1992)L1106.Google Scholar
10. Ellmer, K., Kudella, F., Mientus, R., Schieck, R. and Fiechter, S.: Thin Solid Films 247(1994)15.Google Scholar
11. Nakada, T., Ohkubo, Y. and Kunioka, A.: Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 30(1991)3344.Google Scholar
12. Tominaga, K., Kataoka, M., Ueda, T., Chong, M., Shintani, Y. and Mori, I.: Thin Solid Films 253(1994)9.Google Scholar
13. Sato, H., Minami, T., Miyata, T., Takata, S. and Ishii, M.: Thin Solid Films 246(1994)65.Google Scholar
14. Hu, J. and Gordon, R. G.: Solar Cells 30(1991)437.Google Scholar
15. Smith, F. T. J.: Appl. Phys. Lett. 43(1983)1108.Google Scholar
16. Yoshino, M., Wenas, W. W., Yamada, A., Konagai, M.: Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 32(1993)726.Google Scholar
17. Kuroyanagi, A.: Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 28(1989)219.Google Scholar
18. Aktaruzzaman, A. F., Sharma, G. L. and Malhotra, L. K.:Thin Solid Fillms 198(1991)67.Google Scholar
19. Tang, W. and Cameron, D. C.: Thin Solid Films 238(1994)83.Google Scholar
20. Nakada, T., Ohkubo, Y., Murakami, N. and Kunioka, A.: Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 34, Part 1, No. 7A, (1995)3623.Google Scholar
21. lida, H., Shiba, N., Mishuku, T., Karasawa, H., Ito, A., Yamanaka, M. and Hayashi, Y.: IEEE Electron Device Lett. EDL–4(1983)157.Google Scholar
22. Nakada, T., Onishi, R. and Kunioka, A.: Solar Energy and Solar Cells,35(1994)209.Google Scholar
23. Nakada, T., Fukuda, H., Kunioka, A. and Niki, S.: to be published in Proc. 13th EC Photvoltaic Solar Energy Conf.(1995, Nice).Google Scholar