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Phase segregation, Cu migration and junction formationin Cu(In, Ga)Se2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 1999

R. Herberholz ,
U. Rau ,
H. W. Schock ,
T. Haalboom ,
T. Gödecke ,
F. Ernst ,
C. Beilharz ,
K. W. Benz  and
D. Cahen
R. Herberholz
Affiliation:
Institut für Physikalische Elektronik (IPE), Universität Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
U. Rau*
Affiliation:
Institut für Physikalische Elektronik (IPE), Universität Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
H. W. Schock
Affiliation:
Institut für Physikalische Elektronik (IPE), Universität Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
T. Haalboom
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany
T. Gödecke
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany
F. Ernst
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany
C. Beilharz
Affiliation:
Kristallographisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
K. W. Benz
Affiliation:
Kristallographisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
D. Cahen*
Affiliation:
Weizmann Institute of Science, Dept. of Materials & Interfaces, Rehovot 76100, Israel
*
uwe.rau@ipe.uni-stuttgart.decscahen1@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il
uwe.rau@ipe.uni-stuttgart.decscahen1@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il
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Abstract

A reinvestigation of the phase diagram of the Cu–In–Se system along the quasi-binary cut In2Se3–Cu2Se reveals an existence range of the chalcopyrite α-phase that is much narrower than commonly accepted. The presence of 0.1% of Na or replacement of In by Ga at the at.% level widens the existence range of the α-phase, towards In- and Ga-rich compositions. We also investigate the interplay between phase segregation and junction formation in polycrystalline Cu(In, Ga)Se2 films. Here, we attribute the band bending observed at bare surfaces of the films to a positively charged surface acting as a driving force for the formation of a Cu-poor surface defect layer via Cu-electromigration. The electrical properties of this defect layer are different from those found for the bulk β-phase. We suggest that Cu-depletion is self-limited at the observed In/(In+Cu) surface composition of 0.75 because further Cu-depletion would require a structural transformation. Capacitance measurements reveal two types of junction metastabilities: one resulting from local defect relaxation, invoked to explain a light-induced increase of the open-circuit voltage of Cu(In, Ga)Se2 solar cells, and one due to Cu-electromigration.

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The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , May 1999 , pp. 131 - 139
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© EDP Sciences, 1999

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