Elucidation of homojunction formation in CuInS2 with impedance spectroscopy
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Type transformation in CuInSe2 and CuInS2 solar cells is an important issue with far reaching consequences. In the present study, the presence of a p-n homojunction inside CuInS2 in a TiO2/CuInS2 device is revealed with a detailed impedance spectroscopy and capacitance study. A n-type CuInS2 film with a thickness of 40 nm is found at the TiO2 n-type /CuInS2 p-type interface. The effective donor density of this n-type film is 2 1017 cm−3 at 400 K and is higher than the effective acceptor density in the remaining p-type CuInS2, being 4 10 16 cm−3 at 400 K. Both densities decrease upon increasing the temperature. This is explained by the activation of a CuIn acceptor state in n-type CuInS2 and a thermally activated hole trap in p-type CuInS2. © 2007 American Institute of Physics. DOI: 10.1063/1.2759470
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