Abstract
A new approach to fabricate copper, indium, gallium diselenide (CIGSe) solar cells on conductive fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) reached an efficiency of over 6% for a champion photovoltaic device. Commercial oxide nanoparticles are formulated into high-quality screen-printable ink based on ethyl cellulose solution in terpineol. The high homogeneity and good adhesion properties of the oxide ink play an important role in obtaining dense and highly crystalline photoabsorber layers. This finding reveals that solution-based screen-printing from readily available oxide precursors provides an interesting cost-effective alternative to current vacuum- and energy-demanding processes of the CIGSe solar cell fabrication.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3120-3126 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | ACS Applied Energy Materials |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 27 Apr 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 American Chemical Society.
Keywords
- CIGSe
- ink formulation
- microstructure
- oxide nanoparticles
- photovoltaics
- screen-printing