Potential-Induced Degradation of CuIn1-xGaxSe2 Thin Film Solar Cells

作者:Fjallstrom V*; Salome P M P; Hultqvist A; Edoff M; Jarmar T; Aitken B G; Zhang K; Fuller K; Williams C Kosik
来源:IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 2013, 3(3): 1090-1094.
DOI:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2253833

摘要

The use of Na-free or low Na content glass substrates is observed to enhance the resiliency to potential-induced degradation, as compared with glass substrates with high Na content, such as soda lime glass (SLG). The results from stress tests in this study suggest that degradation caused by a combination of heat and bias across the SLG substrate is linked to increased Na concentration in the CdS and Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 (CIGS) layers in CIGS-based solar cells. The degradation during the bias stress is dramatic. The efficiency drops to close to 0% after 50 h of stressing. On the other hand, cells on Na-free and low Na content substrates exhibited virtually no efficiency degradation. The degraded cells showed partial recovery by resting at room temperature without bias; thus, the degradation is nonpermanent and may be due to Na migration and accumulation rather than chemical reaction.

  • 出版日期2013-7