Author: Rui Kamada
Publisher: ProQuest
ISBN: 9780549926849
Category : Copper
Languages : en
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Cu(In, Ga)Se 2 film fabrication by the selenization of the mixed metal/metal-selenide precursors was investigated. For the precursor preparation, the combination of electro deposition, annealing, co-evaporation and pre-selenization methods were employed with sequential sputtering as a control. The precursor structures studied were CuSe/Ga/In, Cu 2-x Se/Ga/In, (Ga, In)-Se/Cu and metallic Cu-Ga/In as a control. Cu 2-x Se/Ga/In precursors were prepared from both electro deposition and co-evaporation. These precursors were selenized in H 2 Se at at 450°C for 5, 15, and 90min. The structures of the precursors and reacted films were examined in terms of the crystalline phases, compositions and morphologies by scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, symmetric and asymmetric X-ray diffraction, and Auger electron spectroscopy. The similar selenization reaction rates were obtained for the precursors with copper selenide/Ga/In structures as that for the control precursor while that for the (Ga, In)-Se/Cu seems to be slower than the control. Ga accumulation at the backside of the selenized film was universally observed for the precursors including the control Cu-Ga/In precursor, with the exception of one precursor with the structure of CuSe/Ga/In made from electro deposition. For the CuSe/Ga/In precursor, a hill-like Ga profile with the maximum Ga concentration at the middle of the film was obtained. In addition, increased Ga composition at the front side of the selenized film was obtained for the Cu 2-x Se/Ga/In precursor made from electro deposition compared to the control. The device performance of the solar cells made of these selenized films were also investigated and related to the film properties. The comparable conversion efficiencies were obtained from the three precursors with copper selenide/Ga/In structures as the control. The long wavelength edge of external quantum efficiency curve indicates larger bandgap than the control for the films made from the two precursors including the CuSe/Ga/In and Cu 2-x Se/Ga/In, both started with electron deposition. The enhanced Ga incorporation into Cu(In, Ga)Se 2 structure corresponds to the larger bandgap for these precursors.
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Liquid-based indium selenide and copper selenide precursors, including copper-organoselenides, particulate copper selenide suspensions, copper selenide ethylene diamine in liquid solvent, nanoparticulate indium selenide suspensions, and indium selenide ethylene diamine coordination compounds in solvent, are used to form crystalline copper-indium-selenide, and/or copper indium gallium selenidefilms (66) on substrates (52).
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Liquid-based indium selenide and copper selenide precursors, including copper-organoselenides, particulate copper selenide suspensions, copper selenide ethylene diamine in liquid solvent, nanoparticulate indium selenide suspensions, and indium selenide ethylene diamine coordination compounds in solvent, are used to form crystalline copper-indium-selenide, and/or copper indium gallium selenide films (66) on substrates (52).
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Liquid-based precursors for formation of Copper Selenide, Indium Selenide, Copper Indium Diselenide, and/or copper Indium Galium Diselenide include copper-organoselenides, particulate copper selenide suspensions, copper selenide ethylene diamine in liquid solvent, nanoparticulate indium selenide suspensions, and indium selenide ethylene diamine coordination compounds in solvent. These liquid-based precursors can be deposited in liquid form onto substrates and treated by rapid thermal processing to form crystalline copper selenide and indium selenide films.
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Liquid-based precursors for formation of Copper Selenide, Indium Selenide, Copper Indium Diselenide, and/or copper Indium Galium Diselenide include copper-organoselenides, particulate copper selenide suspensions, copper selenide ethylene diamine in liquid solvent, nanoparticulate indium selenide suspensions, and indium selenide ethylene diamine coordination compounds in solvent. These liquid-based precursors can be deposited in liquid form onto substrates and treated by rapid thermal processing to form crystalline copper selenide and indium selenide films.
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A process and composition for preventing cracking in composite structures comprising a metal coated substrate and a selenide, sulfide or mixed selenide sulfide film. Specifically, cracking is prevented in the coating of molybdenum coated substrates upon which a copper, indium-gallium diselenide (CIGS) film is deposited. Cracking is inhibited by adding a Se passivating amount of oxygen to the Mo and limiting the amount of Se deposited on the Mo coating.
Author: Malik Dilshad Khan
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Category : Metal selenide nanoparticles
Languages : en
Pages : 195
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Author: Xiao-Yu Yang
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119580471
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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This book provides the latest research & developments and future trends in photoenergy and thin film materials—two important areas that have the potential to spearhead the future of the industry. Photoenergy materials are expected to be a next generation class of materials to provide secure, safe, sustainable and affordable energy. Photoenergy devices are known to convert the sunlight into electricity. These types of devices are simple in design with a major advantage as they are stand-alone systems able to provide megawatts of power. They have been applied as a power source for solar home systems, remote buildings, water pumping, megawatt scale power plants, satellites, communications, and space vehicles. With such a list of enormous applications, the demand for photoenergy devices is growing every year. On the other hand, thin films coating, which can be defined as the barriers of surface science, the fields of materials science and applied physics are progressing as a unified discipline of scientific industry. A thin film can be termed as a very fine, or thin layer of material coated on a particular surface, that can be in the range of a nanometer in thickness to several micrometers in size. Thin films are applied in numerous areas ranging from protection purposes to electronic semiconductor devices. The 16 chapters in this volume, all written by subject matter experts, demonstrate the claim that both photoenergy and thin film materials have the potential to be the future of industry.
Author: Roland Scheer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 3527633723
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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This first comprehensive description of the most important material properties and device aspects closes the gap between general books on solar cells and journal articles on chalcogenide-based photovoltaics. Written by two very renowned authors with years of practical experience in the field, the book covers II-VI and I-III-VI2 materials as well as energy conversion at heterojunctions. It also discusses the latest semiconductor heterojunction models and presents modern analysis concepts. Thin film technology is explained with an emphasis on current and future techniques for mass production, and the book closes with a compendium of failure analysis in photovoltaic thin film modules. With its overview of the semiconductor physics and technology needed, this practical book is ideal for students, researchers, and manufacturers, as well as for the growing number of engineers and researchers working in companies and institutes on chalcogenide photovoltaics.
Author: Narottam Das
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 953512935X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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Nanostructured solar cells are very important in renewable energy sector as well as in environmental aspects, because it is environment friendly. The nano-grating structures (such as triangular or conical shaped) have a gradual change in refractive index which acts as a multilayer antireflective coating that is leading to reduced light reflection losses over broadband ranges of wavelength and angle of incidence. There are different types of losses in solar cells that always reduce the conversion efficiency, but the light reflection loss is the most important factor that decreases the conversion efficiency of solar cells significantly. The antireflective coating is an optical coating which is applied to the surface of lenses or any optical devices to reduce the light reflection losses. This coating assists for the light trapping capturing capacity or improves the efficiency of optical devices, such as lenses or solar cells. Hence, the multilayer antireflective coatings can reduce the light reflection losses and increases the conversion efficiency of nanostructured solar cells.
