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Effect of Ga, S Additions in CuInSe$_2$ for Solar Cell Applications  

Kim, Kyoo-Ho (School of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Yeungnam University)
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Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering / v.37, no.4, 2004 , pp. 191-195 More about this Journal
Abstract
Gallium or sulphur additions in $CuInSe_2$ were prepared using RF magnetron sputtering and pulsed laser deposition respectively. All of the observed thin films shows a chalcopyrite structure with the S and Ga addition increases the favourable (112) peak. The optical absorption coefficients were slightly decreased. The energy band gap of films could be shifted from 1.04 to 1.68 eV by adjusting the mole ratio of S/(S+Se) and Ga/(In+Ga). It is possible to obtain the optimum energy band gap by adding S or Ga solute at a certain ratio in favour of Se and In respectively. It is also necessary to control the ratio of Ga and S additions and to retain a certain portion of In and Se to provide better properties of thin films.
Keywords
Ga; S addition; CuInSe$_2$; Solar cell;
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