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Preparation And Characterization Of Cigss Solar Cells And Pv Module Data Analysis, Jyoti Shirolikar Jan 2005

Preparation And Characterization Of Cigss Solar Cells And Pv Module Data Analysis, Jyoti Shirolikar

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In this thesis, multiple activities have been carried out in order to improve the process of CIGSS solar cell fabrication on a 4" x 4" substrate. The process of CIGSS solar cell fabrication at FSEC's PV Materials Lab involves a series of steps that were all carried out manually in the past. A LABVIEW program has been written to carry out automated sputter deposition of Mo back contact, CuGa, In metallic precursors on a soda lime glass substrate using a stepper motor control for better uniformity. Further, selenization/ sulfurization of these precursors was carried out using rapid thermal processing (RTP). …