Resistive Effects on the Spatially Resolved Absolute Electroluminescence of Thin-Film Cu(In, Ga)Se<sub>2</sub> Solar Cells Studied by a Distributed Two-Diode Model

Xiaobo Hu; Youyang Wang; Yun Jia; Jianyu Hong; Tengfei Chen; Juanjuan Xue; Yuanjing Chen; Jiahua Tao; Guoen Weng; Shaoqiang Chen; Ziqiang Zhu; Junhao Chu

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3002659

IEEE Access (Jan 2020)

Resistive Effects on the Spatially Resolved Absolute Electroluminescence of Thin-Film Cu(In, Ga)Se<sub>2</sub> Solar Cells Studied by a Distributed Two-Diode Model

Xiaobo Hu,
Youyang Wang,
Yun Jia,
Jianyu Hong,
Tengfei Chen,
Juanjuan Xue,
Yuanjing Chen,
Jiahua Tao,
Guoen Weng,
Shaoqiang Chen,
Ziqiang Zhu,
Junhao Chu

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Xiaobo Hu: Department of Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Youyang Wang: Department of Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Yun Jia: Department of Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Jianyu Hong: Department of Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Tengfei Chen: Department of Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Juanjuan Xue: Department of Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Yuanjing Chen: Department of Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Jiahua Tao: Nanophotonics and Advanced Instrument Engineering Research Center, School of Physics and Electronic Science, Ministry of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Guoen Weng: Department of Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Shaoqiang Chen: ORCiD; Department of Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Ziqiang Zhu: Department of Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Junhao Chu: Nanophotonics and Advanced Instrument Engineering Research Center, School of Physics and Electronic Science, Ministry of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3002659
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8
pp. 112859 – 112866

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Electroluminescence (EL) images with absolute photon emissions from Cu(In, Ga)Se2 (CIGS) solar cells were obtained under different forward current injections, with the spatially distributed EL emission becoming non-uniform as the current density gradually increases. A distributed two-diode electrical three-dimensional model was established which simulated the dark current density-voltage curves and the absolute EL images of the CIGS solar cells very well. Then, the resistive effects were analyzed using this model and simulation results show that the sheet resistance of the transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer dominates the non-uniform distribution of the EL emission in the studied CIGS thin-film solar cells. The effect of the sheet resistance of the TCO and the series resistance of the micro-diode on the EL variations is found to become obvious under high-current-injection conditions, whereas the effect of shunt resistance of the micro-diode on the EL variations becomes more obvious under low-resistance value or low-current-injection conditions.

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ISSN: 2169-3536 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Website: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6287639

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