• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.92-92
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• 2012

Chalcopyrite-type Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) is one of the most attractive compound semiconductor materials for thin film solar cells. Among various approaches to prepare the CIGS thin film, the powder process offers an extremely simple and materials-efficient method. Here, we present the mechano-chemical synthesis of CIGS compound powders and their use as an ink material for screen-printing. During the synthesis process, milling time and speed were varied in the range of 10~600 min and 100~300 rpm, respectively. Both phase evolution and powder characteristics were carefully monitored by X-ray diffraction (XRD) method, scanning electron microscope (SEM) observation, and particle size analysis by scanning mobility particle spectrometer (SMPS) and aerodynamic particle sizer (APS). We found the optimal milling condition as 200 rpm for 120 min but also found that a monolithic phase of CIGS powders without severe particle aggregation was difficult to be obtained by the mechano-chemical milling alone. Therefore, the optimized milling condition was combined with an adequate heat-treatment (300oC for 60 min) to provide the monolithic CIGS powder of a single phase with affordable particle characteristics for the preparation of CIGS thin film. The powder was used to prepare an ink for screen printing with which dense CIGS thin films were fabricated under the controlled selenization. The morphology and electrical properties of the thin films were analyzed by SEM images and hall measurement, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.442-443
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• 2009

We prepared and characterized particle based CIGS thin film using a thermal evaporator. CIGS powder were obtained at $240^{\circ}C$ for 6 hours from the reaction of $CuCl_2$, $InCl_3$, $GaCl_3$, Se powder in solvent. The CIGS thin film deposited on a sodalime glass. The CIGS thin film were identified to have a typical chalcopyrite tetragonal structure by using UV/Vis-spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction(XRD), Auger Electron Spectroscopy(AES), Scanning Electron Microscopy(SEM).

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.704-704
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• 2013

CIGS 박막 태양전지는 I-III-VI족 화합물 반도체로서 직접천이형 에너지 밴드 구조를 가지고 있고, $1{\times}10$ cm의 높은 흡수계수를 가지고 있으며, Ga, Ag, Al을 첨가함으로써 밴드갭을 1~2.7 eV 넓은 범위로 조절가능하다. 본 연구의 목적은 Sputtering 방식과 Cracker cell을 이용한 실험으로 보다 효율적인 방식으로 CIGS 전구체 조성별 특성에 따른 구조와 전기적, 광학적 특성의 효과에 대하여 조사하였다. Cu-In-Ga 전구체는 CuGa(80-20 at.%)과 In(99.0%) target을 사용하여, Sputtering 공정으로 증착하였으며, Cracker cell이 부착된 RTP (rapid thermal processing)를 통하여 셀렌화를 진행하였다. Reservoir zone 온도는 320도, Cracking zone 온도는 900도로 유지하였으며, 진공상태에서 Se이 공급되면서 열처리가 진행되었다.Cu-In-Ga 전구체 구조에서 In의 증착시간을 변화시켜 CIGS 박막에 미치는 영향에 대해 분석하였다. 이때 기판온도는 $500^{\circ}C$로 고정하거나, $240^{\circ}C$ 열처리 후 $500^{\circ}C$에서 열처리하는 두가지를 적용하여 그 영향을 분석하였다. 또한 Selenium이 Cracking zone 온도와 열처리 시간에 따라 미치는 영향의 변화를 조사하였다. 이에 따른 CIGS 박막의 전기적 특성의 변화를 조사하였다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.153-155
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• 2009

In this study, we fabricated the $Cu(In,Ga)Se_2$ (CIGS) thin-film solar cells by using a polyimide substrate. The CIGS thin-film was deposited on Mo coated polyimide substrate by a 3-stage co-evaporation technique. Because the polyimide shows thermal transformation at about $400^{\circ}C$, the substrate temperature of co-evaporation process was set to below $400^{\circ}C$. Corresponding solar cell showed a conversion efficiency of 7.08 % with $V_{OC}$ of 0.58 V, $J_{SC}$ of 24.99 $mA/cm^2$ and FF of 0.49.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.157-167
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• 2004

A stoichiometric mixture of evaporating materials for $CuAlSe_{2}$ single crystal thin films was prepared from horizontal electric furnace. To obtain the single crystal thin films, $CuAlSe_{2}$ mixed crystal was deposited on thoroughly etched semi-insulating GaAs(100) substrate by the hot wall epitaxy (HWE) system. The source and substrate temperatures were $680^{\circ}C$ and $410^{\circ}C$, respectively. The crystalline structure of the single crystal thin films was investigated by the photoluminescence and double crystal X-ray diffraction (DCXD). The carrier density and mobility of $CuAlSe_{2}$ single crystal thin films measured with Hall effect by van der Pauw method are $9.24{\times}10^{16}cm^{-3}$ and $295cm^{2}/V{\codt}s$ at 293 K, respectively. The temperature dependence of the energy band gap of the $CuAlSe_{2}$ obtained from the absorption spectra was well described by the Varshni's relation, $E_{g}(T)$ = 2.8382 eV - ($8.68{\circ}10^{-4}$ eV/K)$T^{2}$/(T + 155 K). The crystal field and the spin-orbit splitting energies for the valence band of the $CuAlSe_{2}$ have been estimated to be 0.2026 eV and 0.2165 eV at 10 K, respectively, by means of the photocurrent spectra and the Hopfield quasicubic model. These results indicate that the splitting of the ${\Delta}so$ definitely exists in the ${\Gamma}_{5}$ states of the valence band of the $CuAlSe_{2}$. The three photocurrent peaks observed at 10 K are ascribed to the $A_{1-}$, $B_{1-}$, and $C_{1-}$ exciton peaks for n = 1.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.410-410
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• 2011

Chalcopyrite계 화합물 $CuInGaSe_2$($CIGSe_2$)는 높은 광흡수율과 전기적 특성 및 안정성, 그리고 1.02~1.67 eV 범위의 최적의 에너지 밴드갭을 가져 박막태양전지용 광흡수층 재료로 많은 관심을 받고 있다. 일반적으로 $CIGSe_2$ 박막태양전지의 광흡수층을 형성하는 공정은 고효율 태양전지 제작이 가능한 진공공정을 이용한다. $CIGSe_2$ 광흡수층을 형성하는데 있어 진공 공정을 용액기반 공정으로 대처한다면 저비용으로 보다 간단하면서 효율적인 태양전지의 제조가 가능 할 것으로 기대된다. 본 연구에서는 $CIGSe_2$ 광흡수층을 2 단계에 걸쳐 제작하였다. 먼저 Cu, In, Ga 성분을 포함하는 용액을 이용하여 CIG 전구체막을 형성한 후, 다음 단계로 selenization 공정을 진행함으로써 $CIGSe_2$ 박막을 제작하였다. $CIGSe_2$의 결정 성장을 위하여 selenization 공정의 열처리 온도와 시간을 조절하여 CIG 전구체막과 Se 원소의 결합반응을 최적화할 수 있는 공정 조건을 확보하였으며 이를 통해 우수한 결정 및 전기적 특성을 갖는 $CIGSe_2$박막을 제조하였다. 제작된 $CIGSe_2$ 박막의 광전변환 효율을 측정하여 단위셀로서의 구현이 가능함을 확인하였으며 XRD, SEM, EDS, UV-visible을 통하여 $CIGSe_2$박막의 특성을 분석하였다.

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.56-61
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• 2018

In this study, CIGS absorber layers were deposited on low-alkali glass and sodalime glass substrates and potasium floride (KF) of various thicknesses was supplied at an elevated temperature after the CIGS growth. The effect of KF post-deposition treatment on the two types of substrates was extremely different. On the low-alkali substrate, the open-circuit voltage (Voc) was improved but the fill-factor (FF) degradation was severe, whereas the sodalime substrate showed Voc deterioration and FF improvement. In the case of supplying 20 nm of KF on both substrates, the efficiency gain of 0.3~1.1%p was obtained. With increasing the KF thickness, a small protrusion-like microstructure developed on the surface of the absorber layer, and the microstructures that were not removed in the subsequent process were found to be the main cause of the FF loss.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.160-162
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• 2009

We have prepared and characterized particle based CIGS thin films using a thermal evaporator. As the copper rate, selenium rate changed, CIGS particles were obtained at $240^{\circ}C$ for 6 hours from the reaction of $CuCl_2$, $InCl_3$, $GaCl_3$ and Se powder in solvent. The CIGS thin films were deposited on a sodalime glass. The CIGS thin film were identified to have a typical chalcopyrite tetragonal structure by using UV/Vis-spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction(XRD), Auger Electron Spectroscopy(AES), Scanning Electron Microscopy(SEM).

• Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.187-191
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• 2011

In order to obtain a suitable back contacting electrode for $Cu(InGa)Se_2$-based photovoltaic devices, a molybdenum thin film was deposited using a chemical vapor transport (CVT) during the hydrogen reduction of $MoO_3$ powder. A $MoO_2$ thin film was successfully deposited on substrates by using the CVT of volatile $MoO_3(OH)_2$ at $550^{\circ}C$ for 60 min in a $H_2$ atmosphere. The Mo thin film was obtained by reduction of $MoO_2$ at $650^{\circ}C$ in a $H_2$ atmosphere. The Mo thin film on the substrate presented a low sheet resistance of approximately $1{\Omega}/sq$.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.123-128
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• 2014

To realize high-performance thin film solar cells, we prepared CIGS by the co-evaporation technique on both sodalime and Corning glass substrates. The structural and efficient properties were investigated by varying the thickness of the Mo:Na layer, where the total thickness of the back contact was fixed at 1${\mu}m$. As a result, when the Mo:Na thickness was 300 nm on soda-lime glass, the measured Na content was 0.28 %, the surface morphology was a plate-like compact structure, and the crystallinity by XRD showed a strong peak of (112) preferential orientation together with relatively intense (220) and (204) peaks as the secondary phases influenced crystal formation. In addition, the substrates on soda-lime glass effected the lowest surface roughness of 2.76 nm and the highest carrier density and short circuit current. Through the optimization of the Mo:Na layer, a solar conversion efficiency of 11.34% was achieved. When using the Corning glass, a rather low conversion efficiency of 9.59% was obtained. To determine the effects of the concentration of sodium and in order to develop a highefficiency solar cells, a very small amount of sodium was added to the soda lime glass substrate.