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http://dx.doi.org/10.21218/CPR.2019.7.2.033

Oxygen Control in CdS Thin Film by UV Illumination in Chemical Bath Deposition  

Baek, Hyeon-ji (Department of Chemical engineering, Yeungnam University)
Oh, Ji-A (Department of Chemical engineering, Yeungnam University)
Seo, Young-Eun (Department of Chemical engineering, Yeungnam University)
Shin, Hye-Jin (Department of Chemical engineering, Yeungnam University)
Cho, Sung-Wook (Department of Chemical engineering, Yeungnam University)
Jeon, Chan-Wook (Department of Chemical engineering, Yeungnam University)
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Current Photovoltaic Research / v.7, no.2, 2019 , pp. 33-37 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we compared the performance of $Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)_2$ (CIGSSe) thin film solar cell with CdS buffer layer deposited by irradiating 365 nm UV light with 8 W power in Chemcial Bath Deposition (CBD) process. The effects of UV light irradiation on the thin film deposition mechanism during CBD-CdS thin film deposition were investigated through chemical and electro-optical studies. If the UV light is irradiated during the solution process, the hydrolysis of Thiourea is promoted even during the same time, thereby inhibiting the formation of the intermediate products developed in the reaction pathway and decreasing the pH of the solution. As a result, it is suggested that the efficiency of the CdS/CIGSSe solar cell is increased because the ratio of the S element in the CdS thin film increases and the proportion of the O element decreases. This is a very simple and effective approach to control the S/O ratio of the CdS thin film by the CBD process without artificially controlling the process temperature, solution pH or concentration.
Keywords
CIGSSe; CBD; CdS; UV light;
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