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Title: Comparison of a bottom-up and a top-down approach for the creation of contact openings in a multi-stack oxide layer at the front interface of Cu(In, Ga)Se-2
Authors: BULDU KOHL, Dilara 
DE WILD, Jessica 
KOHL, Thierry 
BIRANT, Gizem 
BRAMMERTZ, Guy 
MEURIS, Marc 
POORTMANS, Jef 
VERMANG, Bart 
Issue Date: 2022
Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Source: SOLAR ENERGY, 237 , p. 161 -172
Abstract: The implementation of an oxide layer with contact openings to the Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 (CIGS) interfaces has become especially popular to reduce the recombination losses, resulting in a higher open-circuit voltage. While implementing this approach on the back surface is straightforward, it is more complicated for the front surface due to the roughness of the absorber as well as material selection constraints imposed by further processing steps. In this contribution, an AlOx/HfOx multi-stack oxide layer with contact openings is applied between the CIGS and CdS layers. Two different approaches to create contact openings in multi-stack oxide layer are presented, and their advantages and disadvantages are investigated. In the bottom-up approach (BU), a NaCl salt pattern is created on the CIGS absorber surface, while in the top-down approach (TD), the pattern is created on the AlOx layer surface. Time-resolved photoluminescence (TR-PL) shows that the multi-stack design improves the PL decay time regardless of the approach, but when the CdS layer is deposited, the PL decay time decreases. A more severe decrease is observed in case of the BU approach. Capacitance-Voltage measurements show that there is no impact on doping level when the NaCl pattern is created on an AlOx surface. This work shows that any oxide material, even if not chemically resistant to the chemical bath deposition, can be applied at the CIGS/buffer layer interface, and additionally, any template can be used to create contact openings while preventing interaction between the material used for patterning and the CIGS, using the TD approach.
Notes: Buldu, DG (corresponding author), Hasselt Univ, Inst Mat Res IMO, Partner Solliance, Wetenschapspk 1, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.
dilara.gokcen.buldu@imec.be
Keywords: Cu(In;Ga)Se-2 (CIGS);Solar cells;Front interface;Al2O2 and HfO2;Bottom-up approach;Top-down approach
Document URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/37523
ISSN: 0038-092X
e-ISSN: 1471-1257
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2022.04.003
ISI #: WOS:000793375500001
Rights: 2022 International Solar Energy Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Category: A1
Type: Journal Contribution
Validations: ecoom 2023
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