Cigs Solar Cell Structure

An alternative zno cds cigs si structure has been proposed using solar cell capacitance simulator scaps.

Cigs solar cell structure.

Copper indium gallium diselenide cuin 1 x ga x se 2 cigs is one of the most promising materials for thin film solar cells. From the chalcopyrite cigs structure one can obtain czts by substituting the trivalent in ga with a bivalent zn and iv valent sn which forms in the kesterite structure. Cigs solar cells are made from a compound called copper gallium indium diselenide sandwiched between conductive layers. That cigs film acts as a direct bandgap semiconductor and forms a heterojunction as the bandgaps of the two different materials are unequal.

Cigs solar cells feature a thin film of copper indium selenide and copper gallium selenide and a trace amount of sodium. For example cigs can be deposited on substrates such as glass metal foils and polymers. Cu in 1 x ga x se 2 films were deposited by a one step radio frequency magnetron sputtering process at low substrate temperature. The structure of the solar cell was designed and optimized.

It is manufactured by depositing a thin layer of copper indium gallium and selenium on glass or plastic backing along with electrodes on the front and back to collect current. A new solar cell structure was presented in this paper which consists of two p n junctions of copper indium gallium diselenide cigs and copper gallium diselenide cgs and double anti reflector layers of cadmium sulfide and zinc telluride. Cigs based thin film solar modules represent a high efficiency alternative for large scale commercial solar modules. The present contribution reports on the performances of ultra thin chalcopyrite cu in ga se cigs solar cells.

This material can be deposited on substrates such as glass plastic steel and aluminum and when deposited on a flexible backing the layers are thin enough to be allow full panel flexibility. The newest generation of thin film solar cells uses thin layers of either cadmium telluride cdte or copper indium gallium deselenide cigs instead. A copper indium gallium selenide solar cell or cigs cell sometimes ci g s or cis cell is a thin film solar cell used to convert sunlight into electric power. Some literature reports have identified czts in the related stannite structure but conditions under which a stannite structure may occur are not yet clear.

Traditional solar cells use silicon in the n type and p type layers.