Investigation on the Effect of Gallium on the Efficiency of CIGS Solar Cells through Dedicated Software

Hanif Ullah; Bernabé Marí; Hai Ning Cui

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.448-453.1497

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Investigation on the Effect of Gallium on the Efficiency of CIGS Solar Cells through Dedicated Software

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This work reports on the analysis of thin-film copperindiumgalliumdiselenide (CIGS) solar cells by using Solar Cell Capacitance Simulator software (SCAPS). We have modeled a PV device, which consists in a CIGS absorber, a CdS buffer and a ZnO window layer. We have studied the behavior of CIGS absorber as a function of Gallium content by simulating the behavior of CIGS solar cells versus the Ga content in the absorber layer.

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Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 448-453)

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Hanif Ullah, Bernabé Marí, Hai Ning Cui*

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Absorber Layer, Buffer Layer, CIGS, Multi-Sun Analysis, SCAPS, Thin-Film Solar Cell

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