Investigations of CuInSe2 thin films and contacts
Abstract
This report describes research into electrical contacts for copper indium diselenide (CuInSe2) polycrystalline thin films used for solar cell applications. Molybdenum contacts have historically been the most promising for heterojunction solar cells. This program studied contact stability by investigating thermally induced bilayer reactions between molybdenum and copper, indium, and selenium. Because selenization is widely used to fabricate CuInSe2 thin films for photovoltaic cells, a second part of the program investigated how the morphologies, phases, and reactions of pre-selenization Cu-In structures are affected by the deposition process and heat treatments.
- Publication:
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- Pub Date:
- October 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991ictf.rept.....N
- Keywords:
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- Copper Selenides;
- Electric Contacts;
- Heterojunctions;
- Indium Compounds;
- Selenides;
- Semiconducting Films;
- Solar Cells;
- Thin Films;
- Annealing;
- Molybdenum;
- Silicon;
- Stability;
- Substrates;
- X Ray Diffraction;
- Solid-State Physics