Copper indium diselenide: crystallography and radiation-induced dislocation loops

Direct observation of copper depletion and potential changes at copper indium gallium diselenide grain boundaries

Template electrodeposition of single-phase p- and n-type copper indium diselenide (CuInSe2) nanowire arrays.

CuInSe(2) nanowire arrays were fabricated by electrodeposition from aqueous solutions of copper sulfate, indium sulfate, selenium dioxide, and citric acid, using anodic alumina membranes as templates. X-ray diffraction patterns showed that the wires were single phase (chalcopyrite structure) but polycrystalline, and a band gap of ∼1 eV was obtained from optical measurements. TEM and SEM confirm...

Zinc Oxide Sputter Deposition and Modeling of Copper Indium Gallium-diselenide-based Thin Film Solar Cells

3 To my beloved parents and family 4 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Dr. Crisalle is the chair of my supervisory committee and I express my sincere appreciation for his guidance and constant encouragement through the last five years. I am also obliged to thank Dr. Hoflund, Dr. Svoronos and Dr. Eisenstadt for their valuable discussions and serving as my research committee members. Of course my gratitude should ...

Neptunium(III) copper(I) diselenide

The title compound, NpCuSe(2), is the first ternary neptunium transition-metal chalcogenide. It was synthesized from the elements at 873 K in an evacuated fused-silica tube. Single crystals were grown by vapor transport with I(2). NpCuSe(2) crystallizes in the LaCuS(2) structure type and can be viewed as a stacking of layers of CuSe(4) tetra-hedra and of double layers of NpSe(7) monocapped trig...

Copper-Indium-Gallium-diSelenide (CIGS) Nanocrystalline Bulk Semiconductor as the Absorber Layer and Its Current Technological Trend and Optimization

The Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide (CIGS) thin film solar cells are considered in this chapter. The interest in Cu(In1-x, Gax)Se2 thin film solar cells has increased significantly due to its promising characteristics for high performance and low cost. It is aimed to present an extensive evaluation on CIGS nanocrystalline bulk semiconductor and its application as an absorber layer for thin fil...