Nature Communications (Feb 2018)
Sodium enhances indium-gallium interdiffusion in copper indium gallium diselenide photovoltaic absorbers
- Diego Colombara,
- Florian Werner,
- Torsten Schwarz,
- Ingrid Cañero Infante,
- Yves Fleming,
- Nathalie Valle,
- Conrad Spindler,
- Erica Vacchieri,
- Germain Rey,
- Mael Guennou,
- Muriel Bouttemy,
- Alba Garzón Manjón,
- Inmaculada Peral Alonso,
- Michele Melchiorre,
- Brahime El Adib,
- Baptiste Gault,
- Dierk Raabe,
- Phillip J. Dale,
- Susanne Siebentritt
Affiliations
- Diego Colombara
- University of Luxembourg—Physics and Materials Science Research Unit. 41
- Florian Werner
- University of Luxembourg—Physics and Materials Science Research Unit. 41
- Torsten Schwarz
- Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung
- Ingrid Cañero Infante
- CNRS, Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon, CNRS UMR5270 ECL INSA UCBL CPE
- Yves Fleming
- Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology—Materials Research and Technology Department
- Nathalie Valle
- Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology—Materials Research and Technology Department
- Conrad Spindler
- University of Luxembourg—Physics and Materials Science Research Unit. 41
- Erica Vacchieri
- Ansaldo Energia
- Germain Rey
- University of Luxembourg—Physics and Materials Science Research Unit. 41
- Mael Guennou
- Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology—Materials Research and Technology Department
- Muriel Bouttemy
- Université de Verailles—Institut Lavoisier
- Alba Garzón Manjón
- Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung
- Inmaculada Peral Alonso
- University of Luxembourg—Physics and Materials Science Research Unit. 41
- Michele Melchiorre
- University of Luxembourg—Physics and Materials Science Research Unit. 41
- Brahime El Adib
- Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology—Materials Research and Technology Department
- Baptiste Gault
- Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung
- Dierk Raabe
- Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung
- Phillip J. Dale
- University of Luxembourg—Physics and Materials Science Research Unit. 41
- Susanne Siebentritt
- University of Luxembourg—Physics and Materials Science Research Unit. 41
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03115-0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
Sodium doping is necessary to achieve high performance in polycrystalline chalcopyrite solar cells, but retards gallium interdiffusion, and thus efficiency optimisation. Here, Colombara et al. show that in contrast to the polycrystalline case, sodium accelerates atomic interdiffusion in monocrystalline samples.
