• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.431-431
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• 2016

Typical Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS)-based solar cells have a buffer layer between CIGS absorber layer and transparent ZnO front electrode, which plays an important role in improving the cell performance. Among various buffer materials, chemical bath deposition (CBD)-ZnS is being steadily studied to alternative to conventional CdS and the efficiency of CBD-ZnS/CIGS solar cell shows the comparable values with that of CdS/CIGS solar cell. The intriguing thing is that reversible changes occur after exposure to illumination due to the metastable defect states in completed ZnS/CIGS solar cell, which induces an improvement of solar cell performance. Thus, it implies that the understanding of metastable defects in CBD-ZnS/CIGS solar cell is important issue. In this study, we fabricate the ITO/i-ZnO/CBD-ZnS/CIGS/Mo/SLG solar cells by controlling the NH4OH mole concentration (from 2 M to 3.5 M) of CBD-ZnS buffer layer and observe their conversion efficiency with and without light soaking for 1 hr. From the results, NH4OH mole concentration and light exposure can significantly affect the CBD-ZnS/CIGS solar cell performance. In order to investigate that which layer can contain metastable defect states to influence on solar cell performance, impedance spectroscopy and capacitance profiling technique with exposure to illumination have been applied to CBD-ZnS/CIGS solar cell. These techniques give a very useful information on the density of states within the bandgap of CIGS, free carriers density, and light-induced metastable effects. Here, we present the rearranged charge distribution after exposure to illumination and suggest the origin of the metastable defect states in CBD-ZnS/CIGS solar cell.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2019

Light induced degradation is one of the major research challenges of hydrogenated amorphous silicon related thin film silicon solar cells. Amorphous silicon shows creation of metastable defect states, originating from elevated concentration of dangling bonds during light exposure. The metastable defect states work as recombination centers, and mostly affects quality of intrinsic layer in solar cells. In this paper we present results of light induced degradation in thin film silicon solar cells and discussion on physical origin, mechanism and practical solutions of light induced degradation in thin film silicon solar cells. In-situ light-soaking IV measurement techniques are presented. We also present thin film silicon material with silicon nano-quantum dots embedded within amorphous matrix, which shows superior stability during light-soaking. Our results suggest that solar cell using silicon nano-quantum dots in abosrber layer shows superior stability under light soaking, compared to the conventional amorphous silicon solar cell.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2021

Ga2O3의 준 안정상인 ε-Ga2O3는 육각형 구조나 준 육각형 구조를 가지는 기판들과 정합성이 우수하여 β-Ga2O3보다 상대적으로 쉽게 낮은 표면 거칠기와 결함 밀도를 갖는 박막을 얻을 수 있다. 이에 ε-Ga2O3를 고온에서 열처리하면 β-Ga2O3로 상전이 되는 특성을 이용하여 표면 거칠기와 결함 밀도가 낮은 고품질 β-Ga2O3 박막의 제조를 시도하였다. 이를 위해서는 고품질 ε-Ga2O3 박막의 성장이 선행되어야 하므로 본 연구에서는 갈륨과 산소의 공급 유량 비율에 따른 Ga2O3 박막의 구조적, 형태적 특성을 분석함으로써 최적의 유량 비율을 조사하였다. 추가로 열처리 조건과 ε-Ga2O3 박막에 혼입된 β-Ga2O3가 상전이 이후 β-Ga2O3의 결정성에 미치는 영향도 함께 조사하였다.