Oxidative segregation of Group V dopants in CdTe solar cells
2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)(2019)
摘要
Transparent conductive oxides are used in many technologies and it is important to understand their interfacial chemical reactions. Here, we use recently developed thermomechanical cleaving and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to probe oxidation states at the SnO
2
interface of CdTe solar cells. We show that tin oxide promotes the formation of nanometer-scale oxides of tellurium and sulfur, largely during CdCl
2
/O
2
activation. Surprisingly, in copper-doped devices, relatively low temperature anneals (180-260 °C) to diffuse and activate copper acceptors also cause significant oxidation changes at the front interface, providing a heretofore missing aspect of how back contact processes can modify device transport, recombination, and performance. For Group V-doped devices, this same oxidation process causes segregation of the dopants to the SnO
2
interface in their oxidized states, implying that adjacent regions in the absorber have been depleted of dopants. Intriguingly, we demonstrate that because of their layered, van der Walls-bonded crystal structure, spatially segregated Group V oxides may represent a mechanically weak layer in a finished device.
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CdTe,thin film devices,interface states,nanostructures,chemical analysis
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