Research Article

Fabrication of a Cu(InGa)Se2 Thin Film Photovoltaic Absorber by Rapid Thermal Annealing of CuGa/In Precursors Coated with a Se Layer

Table 1

Elemental composition of the as-deposited precursors and CIGS films.

SamplePrecursor layer CIGS layer
Compositions (at %)RatiosCompositions (at %)Ratios
CuInGaCu/(In + Ga)Ga/(In + Ga)CuInGaSeCu/(In + Ga)Ga/(In + Ga)

A42.9444.9612.100.7530.21222.7821.966.8848.380.7900.239
B48.4937.0413.830.9530.27224.2618.467.0750.30.9500.277
C53.5231.5514.931.1510.32126.8914.387.7147.621.2170.349