Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11851/6453
Title: Conventional and rapid thermal annealing of spray pyrolyzed copper indium gallium sulfide thin films
Authors: Aydın, Erkan
Sankır, Mehmet
Demirci Sankır, Nurdan
Keywords: Spray pyrolysis
Copper gallium indium sulfide
Annealing
Absorber layer
Thin film solar cell
Publisher: Elsevier Science Sa
Abstract: With this study for the first time effects of post annealing on morphological, structural, optical and electrical properties of spray pyrolyzed copper-indium-gallium-sulfide (CuInGaS2) thin films have been investigated. Pros-and-cons of conventional (CA) and rapid thermal annealing (RTA) have been discussed to obtain the high quality thin film absorbers for solar cell applications. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that all of the spray pyrolyzed CuInGaS2 thin films have chalcopyrite structures with a highly (112) preferential orientation. Raman spectra also confirmed this structure. However, metal oxide secondary phases such as copper oxide and gallium oxide were detected when the temperature ramp rate was increased during RTA process. Energy dispersive X-ray measurements revealed that both copper and gallium diffused through the surface after annealing processes. Moreover, copper diffusion became pronounced especially at high annealing temperatures. Optical transmission measurements in the wavelength range between 600 and 1100 nm showed that band gap energy of CuInGaS2 thin films was ranging between 1.36 and 1.51 eV depending on the annealing conditions. Very high mobility values have been observed for both processes. The maximum electrical mobility, 30.9 cm(2)/V s, was observed for the films annealed at 600 degrees C via CA. This is the highest reported value among the CuInGaS2 thin film absorbers deposited by both solution and vacuum based techniques. As a result, post-annealing of spray pyrolyzed CuInGaS2 thin films without usage of highly toxic gases, reported in this study, is very promising and environmentally friendly method to produce solar cell quality absorber layers. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.06.140
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11851/6453
ISSN: 0925-8388
1873-4669
Appears in Collections:Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü / Department of Material Science & Nanotechnology Engineering
Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection
WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection

Show full item record



CORE Recommender

SCOPUSTM   
Citations

18
checked on Mar 16, 2024

WEB OF SCIENCETM
Citations

23
checked on Mar 9, 2024

Page view(s)

56
checked on Mar 18, 2024

Google ScholarTM

Check




Altmetric


Items in GCRIS Repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.