A Study on the Decomposition of ZnS Films for Use in CIGS Solar Cells
J. H. Lee ∗
Department of Semiconductors, Kyungil University, Kyungsan 712-701, Korea (Received 8 November 2013 : revised 14 November 2013 : accepted 11 December 2013)
Of film-type solar cells, CIGS solar cells have the highest solar cell conversion efficiency. Because of the large differences between the constants and the energy band gaps, of p-type CuInSe and n-type ZnO films, a CdS film is used as a buffer layer. However the process for doing that is wet, toxic and harmful. In this study, we upgraded an RF magnetron sputtering system for ZnS film decomposition in the case of CIGS solar cell manufacture and were able to fabricate a ZnS film with minimum plasma damage. The characteristics of the ZnS films were measured for various film thicknesses by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and atom force microscopy (AFM). We could obtained the optimum decomposition conditions for achieving a film uniformity of 1.65% of less by using feedback. We observed the surface grain morphology of the ZnS films by using SEM and AFM. We could fabricate a denser, more uniform ZnS film by using the upgraded sputtering system without the Cds buffer film than we could using the old sputtering system with the Cds buffer film that was fabricated using a wet, chemical process. Thus, we demonstrated that CIGS solar cells can be manufactured by using only a dry process.
PACS numbers: 81.15.Cd
Keywords: CIGS solar cells, ZnS film, RF magnetron sputtering system, Buffer layer
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PACS numbers: 81.15.Cd
Keywords: CIGS I ª t , ZnS ~ Ã Ì} , RF Õ ªW 1à Ô : r Û ¼( ' a A © q , ! Q( 8 £ x
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