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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 356, Issue -, Pages 631-638Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.08.133
Keywords
Thin solar Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 cells; Ion beam analysis; RBS/PIXE techniques; Synchrotron GIXRF analysis; Depth profiling
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- European Metrology Research Program (EMRP)
- EMRP within EURAMET
- EMRP within European Union
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The present work investigates the potential of ion beam analysis (IBA) techniques such as the Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) and particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE) using helium ions to provide quantitative in-depth elemental analysis of various types of Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 thin films. These films with a thickness of about 2 pin are used as absorber layers in photovoltaic devices with continuously increasing the performance of this technology. The preparation process generally aims to obtain an indepth gradient of In and Ga concentrations that optimizes the optoelectronic and electrical properties of the solar cell. The measurements were performed at directly accessible single or double layered CIGS absorbers and at buried absorbers in completed thin film solar cells. The IBA data were analyzed simultaneously in order to derive best fitted profiles that match all experimental RBS and PIXE spectra. For some samples elemental profiles deduced form synchrotron based, reference free grazing incidence X-ray fluorescence analysis were compared with the IBA results and an overall good agreement was observed within quoted uncertainties. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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