In-situ stress and thermal stability studies of molybdenum bilayer back contacts for photovoltaic applications

Sreejith Karthikeyan; Liyuan Zhang; Stephen A. Campbell

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2014.6924939

In-situ stress and thermal stability studies of molybdenum bilayer back contacts for photovoltaic applications

Sreejith Karthikeyan, Liyuan Zhang, Stephen A. Campbell

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

4 Scopus citations

Abstract

Molybdenum bilayers have been used as back contacts for CIGS and CZTS based solar cell for years. Mo bilayer films undergo a heat treatment during the CIGS/CZTS deposition process which in turn changes the stress and morphological properties and affects the adhesion and morphological features of CIGS/CZTS layers. This work reports in-situ studies of Mo stress variation during anneals ranging from 20°C to 500°C and compares its morphological and electrical properties before and after heating to develop a thermally stable Mo bilayer. We have also used a low tensile stress bilayer developed in this way to demonstrate CZTS and CIAGS films with good adhesion properties.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	387-389
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479943982
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6924939
State	Published - Oct 15 2014
Event	40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014 - Denver, United States Duration: Jun 8 2014 → Jun 13 2014

Publication series

Name	2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014

Other

Other	40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
Country	United States
City	Denver
Period	6/8/14 → 6/13/14

Keywords

CIAGS absorber layer
CZTS absorber layer
In-situ stress analysis
Mo bilayer

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Karthikeyan, S., Zhang, L., & Campbell, S. A. (2014). In-situ stress and thermal stability studies of molybdenum bilayer back contacts for photovoltaic applications. In 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014 (pp. 387-389). [6924939] (2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6924939

In-situ stress and thermal stability studies of molybdenum bilayer back contacts for photovoltaic applications. / Karthikeyan, Sreejith; Zhang, Liyuan; Campbell, Stephen A.

2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. p. 387-389 6924939 (2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Karthikeyan, S, Zhang, L & Campbell, SA 2014, In-situ stress and thermal stability studies of molybdenum bilayer back contacts for photovoltaic applications. in 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014., 6924939, 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 387-389, 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, Denver, United States, 6/8/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6924939

Karthikeyan S, Zhang L, Campbell SA. In-situ stress and thermal stability studies of molybdenum bilayer back contacts for photovoltaic applications. In 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2014. p. 387-389. 6924939. (2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014). https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6924939

Karthikeyan, Sreejith ; Zhang, Liyuan ; Campbell, Stephen A. / In-situ stress and thermal stability studies of molybdenum bilayer back contacts for photovoltaic applications. 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. pp. 387-389 (2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014).

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