Research Article

Quantitative Analysis and Band Gap Determination for CIGS Absorber Layers Using Surface Techniques

Table 3

Average and relative standard deviation (RSD) values of elemental intensity ratios using nine fs-LA-ICP-MS measurements.

Sample numberRSD (%)
Ga/CuIn/CuGa/SeIn/SeGa/In

B011.66a (±1.70%)b23.71 (±2.15%)2.41 (±2.87%)34.48 (±2.30%)0.07 (±2.59%)
B022.18 (±2.70%)24.08 (±1.13%)2.71 (±2.18%)29.94 (±1.34%)0.09 (±2.69%)
B031.43 (±2.10%)29.25 (±2.81%)1.80 (±1.55%)36.91 (±2.22%)0.05 (±1.25%)
B041.48 (±1.16%)31.12 (±1.18%)1.81 (±0.93%)38.22 (±1.30%)0.05 (±1.13%)
Average of RSD(±1.92%)(±1.82%)(±1.88%)(±1.79%)(±1.92%)

aThe numbers represent the average of intensity ratios. bThe numbers in parentheses represent the RSD of intensity ratios.