Preface |
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings |
Defects and Material Characterization |
Theoretical Aspects of Doping of Photovoltaic Materials / H. Katayama-Yoshida |
Defect Physics of CuInSe[subscript 2] for Photovoltaic Applications Using Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) / Theanne Schiros ; Scott Calvin ; P.E. Stallworth ; Faisal Alamgir ; J.-F. Guillemoles ; S.G. Greenbaum ; M.L. den Boer |
DX-Centers in CdTe and ZnTe Observed by Locally Sensitive Probe Atoms / S. Lany ; H. Wolf ; Th. Wichert |
A Study of Arsenic Dopant Concentration and Activity as a Function of Growth Conditions in Polycrystalline MOCVD-Grown CdTe / Anne Stafford ; Stuart J.C. Irvine ; Ken Durose ; Guillaume Zoppi |
Material Related Prerequisites for Chalcopyrite Based Thin Film Solar Cells / Hans-Werner Schock |
Optoelectronic Properties of CuGaSe[subscript 2] Thin Films Studied by Time-Resolved Microwave Conductivity / A. Meeder ; D. Fuertes Marron ; M. Ch. Lux-Steiner ; M. Kunst |
Optical Functions of Thin-Film Polycrystalline Chalcopyrite CuIn[subscript 1-x]Ga[subscript x]Se[subscript 2] / Sung-Ho Han ; Dean H. Levi ; Hamda A. Althani ; Falah S. Hasoon ; Raghu N. Bhattacharya ; Allen M. Hermann |
Effects of Na on the Growth of Cu(In,Ga)Se[subscript 2] Thin Films and Solar Cells / D. Rudmann ; A.F. da Cunha ; M. Kaelin ; F.-J. Haug ; H. Zogg ; A.N. Tiwari |
III-V Photovoltaic Materials |
Study of Non-Aqueous Passivation on GaSb (100) Surfaces / Z.Y. Liu ; T.F. Kuech ; D.A. Saulys |
Recombination Parameters in InGaAsSb Epitaxial Layers for Thermophotovoltaic Applications / R.J. Kumar ; R.J. Gutmann ; J.M. Borrego ; P.S. Dutta ; C.A. Wang ; R.U. Martinelli ; G. Nichols |
Meyer-Neldel Rule in Deep-Level-Transient-Spectroscopy and its Ramifications / Richard S. Crandall |
Evidence of the Meyer-Neldel Rule in InGaAsN Alloys: Consequences for Photovoltaic Materials / Steven W. Johnston |
Fabrication and Characterization of Wafer-Bonded GaInAsSb Epitaxy for Monolithically Interconnected Thermophotovoltaic Devices / D.A. Shiau ; P.G. Murphy ; P.W. O'Brien ; R.K. Huang ; M.K. Connors ; A.C. Anderson ; D.M. Depoy ; M.N. Palmisiano |
Electrical and Structural Characterization of the Interface of Wafer Bonded InP/Si / A. Fontcuberta i Morral ; J.M. Zahler ; Harry A. Atwater ; M.M. Frank ; Y.J. Chabal ; P. Ahrenkiel ; M. Wanlass |
CdTe Interface Characterization |
The Dynamics of Cadmium Telluride Etching / K.D. Dobson ; P.D. Paulson ; B.E. McCandless ; R.W. Birkmire |
Formation of Cd[subscript x]Hg[subscript 1-x]Te Layers on CdTe After NP-Etching and HgTe-Graphite Pasting / Yanfa Yan ; K.M. Jones ; X. Wu ; M.M. Al-Jassim |
Chemical and Electronic Properties of Metal/Sb[subscript 2]Te[subscript 3]/CdTe Contacts for CdTe Thin Film Solar Cells Studied by Photoelectron Spectroscopy / D. Kraft ; B. Spath ; A. Thissen ; A. Klein ; W. Jaegermann |
Analysis of the ZnTe:Cu Contact on CdS/CdTe Solar Cells / T.A. Gessert ; M.J. Romero ; R.G. Dhere ; S.E. Asher |
Cu K-Edge XAFS in CdTe Before and After Treatment With CdCl[subscript 2] / Xiangxin Liu ; Alvin D. Compaan ; Nadia Leyarovska ; Jeff Terry |
Magnetron Sputtering for Low-Temperature Deposition of CdTe-Based Photovoltaics |
CdS Window Layer for Large Open Circuit Voltages of Low Environmental-Load CdS/CdTe Solar Cells / T. Toyama ; H. Oda ; K. Nakamura ; T. Fujihara ; K. Shimizu ; H. Okamoto |
14% CdS/CdTe Thin Film Cells With ZnO:Al TCO / Akhlesh Gupta |
Cigs Interface Characterization |
Microstructural and Microchemical Analysis of Chalcopyrite Cu(In,Ga)Se[subscript 2] Films / Chun-Ming Li ; Chang-Hui Lei ; Ian M. Robertson ; Angus Rockett |
Analysis of Zinc Compound Buffer Layers in Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)[subscript 2] Thin Film Solar Cells by Synchrotron-Based Soft X-ray Spectroscopy / I. Lauermann ; M. Bar ; A. Ennaoui ; U. Fiedeler ; Ch-H. Fischer ; A. Grimm ; I. Kotschau ; J. Reichardt ; B.R. Sankapal ; S. Siebentritt ; S. Sokoll ; L. Weinhardt ; O. Fuchs ; C. Heske ; C. Jung ; W. Gudat ; F. Karg ; T.P. Niesen |
Material and Device Characterization |
Photoluminescence of Cu(In[subscript 1-x],Ga[subscript x])Se[subscript 2] Epitaxial Thin Films Grown by MOVPE / N. Rega ; J. Albert ; M. Lux-Steiner |
Photoluminescence Fatigue in CdTe Photovoltaics / Diana Shvydka ; C. Verzella ; V. G. Karpov |
Temperature-Dependent Electroluminescence From CdTe/CdS Solar Cells / K.J. Price ; A. Vasko ; L. Gorrell ; A.D. Compaan |
Development and Application of Electroluminescence Imaging for CdS/CdTe Characterization / Scott Feldman ; Fred Seymour ; Tim Ohno ; Victor Kaydanov ; Reuben Collins |
Low Temperature Deposition of Zinc Oxide Films / H.W. Lee ; Y.G. Wang ; S.P. Lau ; B.K. Tay |
Point Defect Changes in CuGaSe[subscript 2] Induced by Gas Annealing / Akimasa Yamada ; Akihiko Nishio ; Paul Fons ; Hajime Shibata ; Koji Matsubara ; Shigeru Niki ; Hisayuki Nakanishi |
Preparation and Characterization of Cu-Ga-Se Films of Ordered Vacancy Compound / S. Nishiwaki |
Characterization of Transparent and Conductive ZnO:Ga Thin Films Produced by rf Sputtering at Room Temperature / E. Fortunato ; V. Assuncao ; A. Marques ; I. Ferreira ; H. Aguas ; L. Pereira ; R. Martins |
Explanation of Light/Dark Superposition Failure in CIGS Solar Cells / Markus Gloeckler ; Caroline R. Jenkins ; James R. Sites |
Vapor Transport Deposition and Characterization of Polycrystalline CdTe Solar Absorbers / James M. Kestner ; Sarah McElvain ; Colin A. Wolden ; Stephen Kelly ; Tim R. Ohno ; Lawrence M. Woods ; Rosine Ribelin |
Electronic and Chemical Phenomena at Cu(In,Ga)Se[subscript 2]/CdS Heterojunctions and Their Implications for Photovoltaic Devices / Dongxiang Liao |
A Barrier to Trap Filling in CuIn[subscript 1-x]Ga[subscript x]Se[subscript 2] / David L. Young ; Kannan Ramanathan ; Miguel Contreras ; Jehad Abushama |
Evolution of Electronic Properties of Cu(In,Ga)Se[subscript 2] (CIGS)-Based Solar Cells During a 3-Stage Growth Process / Jehad A. AbuShama ; S. Johnston ; R. Ahrenkiel ; R. Crandall ; D. Young ; R. Noufi |
CIGS Materials and Synthesis |
Depth Profiling of Cu(In,Ga)Se[subscript 2] by Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction / I.M. Kotschau ; G. Bilger ; H.W. Schock |
Diffusion of Ga and In in Sequentially Prepared Cu(In,Ga)S[subscript 2] Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications / Axel Neisser ; Reiner Klenk ; Martha Ch. Lux-Steiner |
Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)[subscript 2] Absorbers Formed by Rapid Thermal Processing of Elemental Precursors: Analysis of Thin Film Formation and Implementation of a Large Area Industrial Process / Joerg Palm ; V. Probst ; W. Stetter ; R. Toelle |
Efficient Cu(In,Ga)Se[subscript 2] Based Solar Cells Prepared by Electrodeposition / D. Guimard ; N. Bodereau ; J. Kurdi ; J.F. Guillemoles ; D. Lincot ; Pierre-Philippe Grand ; Moez Ben Farrah ; Stephane Taunier ; Olivier Kerrec ; P. Mogensen |
High-Performance Barrier Layers for Flexible CIGS Thin-Film Solar Cells on Metal Foils / Dirk Herrmann ; Friedrich Kessler ; Konrad Herz ; Michael Powalla ; Andreas Schulz ; Joachim Schneider ; Uwe Schumacher |
Transparent Conducting Oxides |
Bandgap Engineering of ZnO Transparent Conducting Films / K. Matsubara ; H. Tampo ; A. Yamada ; P. Fons ; K. Iwata ; K. Sakurai ; S. Niki |
High-Quality Transparent Conducting Oxide Films Deposited by a Novel Ion Plating Technique / T. Sakemi ; S. Shirakata ; K. Awai ; T. Yamamoto |
Growth and Junction Formation |
Measurement of Built-In Electrical Potential in Cu(In,Ga)Se[subscript 2] Solar Cells / C.-S. Jiang ; F.S. Hasoon ; H.R. Moutinho ; H.A. Al-Thani |
Effect of Growth Interruption on the Properties of GaInAsSb/AlGaAsSb/GaSb Heterostructures and the Performance of Thermophotovoltaic Devices / L.R. Danielson ; D. Donetsky ; S. Anikeev ; G. Belenky |
Electrodeposition of CIGS on Metal Substrates / A. Kampmann ; J. Rechid ; A. Raitzig ; S. Wulff ; M. Mihhailova ; R. Thyen ; K. Kalberlah |
Nucleation of Cu(In,Ga)Se[subscript 2] on Molybdenum Substrates / T. Schlenker ; K. Orgassa ; J.H. Werner |
Role of Surface Bandgap Widening in Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)[subscript 2] Thin Films for the Photovoltaic Performance of ZnO/CdS/Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)[subscript 2] Heterojunction Solar Cells / U. Rau ; M. Turcu |
Oxygenated CdS Window Layer for Sputtered CdS/CdTe Solar Cells / Karthikeya Allada ; Sung Hyun Lee |
Formation Energies of Point Defects in Copper Indium Diselenide Using Ab Initio Methods / C. Domain ; J.M. Raulot ; S. Laribi ; S. Taunier |
Sputtered ZnTe:N and ZnO:Al for Solar Cell Electrodes and Recombination Junctions / Jennifer Drayton ; V. Parikh ; G. Rich ; A. Gupta ; T. Osborn ; R.G. Bohn |
Real-Time Fault Diagnosis of Sensors for Fault-Tolerant Control of Thin-Film CIGS Photovoltaics Process / Bharat Joshi ; Markus E. Beck ; Jeffrey S. Britt ; Michael Chaffin ; Nicholas Gomez ; John Muha ; L.J. Simpson ; Scott Wiedeman |
Optimized Growth Conditions for Cu(In,Ga)Se[subscript 2] Layers Grown by Co-Evaporation at High Deposition Rates / O. Lundberg ; M. Edoff ; L. Stolt |
Current Status and Future Prospects of CISCuT Based Solar Cells and Modules / Olaf Tober ; Jeannette Wienke ; Michael Winkler ; Jurgen Penndorf ; Joachim Griesche |
Modification of Cu(In,Ga)Se[subscript 2] Surface by Treatment in Cadmium Solutions / Q. Nguyen |
In Situ XRD Studies of Sequential CuIn(Se,S)[subscript 2] Formation / Jovana Djordjevic ; Eveline Rudigier ; Roland Scheer |
Development of Plasma-Assisted Processing for Selenization and Sulfurization of Absorber Layers / S. Kosaraju ; I. Repins ; C.A. Wolden |
Modeling of Flux Composition for Thermal CdCl[subscript 2]:O[subscript 2] Annealing of Polycrystalline CdTe / Jaan Hiie ; Vello Valdna ; Andres Taklaja |
The Effect of Film Composition on the Texture and Grain Size of CuInS[subscript 2] Prepared by Chemical Spray Pyrolysis / Michael H.-C. Jin ; Kulbinder K. Banger ; Jerry D. Harris ; Aloysius F. Hepp |
Investigation of CdZnTe for Thin-Film Tandem Solar Cell Applications / Ramesh Dhere ; Tim Gessert ; Jie Zhou ; Sally Asher ; Joel Pankow ; Helio Moutinho |
Non-Vacuum Thin-Film CIGS Modules / Chris Eberspacher ; Karen L. Pauls ; John P. Serra |
Reduction of Micro-Cracks in Large Diameter In[subscript x]Ga[subscript 1-x]Sb Bulk Crystals / Juliet Vogel ; Partha S. Dutta |
Device Characterization and Formation |
New Junction Capacitance Methods for the Study of Defect Distributions and Carrier Properties in the Copper Indium Diselenide Alloys / J. David Cohen ; Jennifer T. Heath ; William N. Shafarman |
Defects in Copper Indium Aluminum Diselenide Films and Their Impact on Photovoltaic Device Performance |
Photoconductive CdS: How Does It Affect CdTe/CdS Solar Cell Performance? / S. Hegedus ; D. Ryan ; K. Dobson ; B. McCandless ; D. Desai |
The Study of Deep Levels in CdS/CdTe Solar Cells Using Admittance Spectroscopy and Its Modifications / A.S. Gilmore ; V. Kaydanov ; T.R. Ohno |
Characterization of Deep Defects in CdS/CdTe Thin-Film Solar Cells Using Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy / Jorg Versluys ; Paul Clauws |
Towards Better Understanding of High Efficiency Cd-Free CIGS Solar Cells Using Atomic Layer Deposited Indium Sulfide Buffer Layers / N. Naghavi ; S. Spiering ; M. Powalla ; B. Canava ; A. Taisne ; A. Etcheberry |
Band Alignment at Oxide Semiconductor Interfaces / F. Sauberlich |
Author Index |
Subject Index |
Preface |
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings |
Defects and Material Characterization |
Theoretical Aspects of Doping of Photovoltaic Materials / H. Katayama-Yoshida |
Defect Physics of CuInSe[subscript 2] for Photovoltaic Applications Using Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) / Theanne Schiros ; Scott Calvin ; P.E. Stallworth ; Faisal Alamgir ; J.-F. Guillemoles ; S.G. Greenbaum ; M.L. den Boer |
DX-Centers in CdTe and ZnTe Observed by Locally Sensitive Probe Atoms / S. Lany ; H. Wolf ; Th. Wichert |