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   ANM 2010
    3rd International Conference on Advanced Nano Materials
    12-15 September 2010 - Agadir, Morocco

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   Abstract


ANMM370

NON VACUUM PROCESSING OF CIGS BASED SOLAR CELLS

A. IHLAL1, K. BOUABID1 and X. PORTIER2
1) Laboratoire Matériaux et Energies Renouvelables (LMER), Faculté des Sciences, BP 8106, Hay Dakhla, Agadir, Maroc.
2) CIMAP, Ensicaen, Bd du Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen, France.
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Recently, CIGS based solar cells have reached a high level of performances. An efficiency record of 20.1% has been recorded on such solar cells approaching that recorded on monocrystalline silicon solar cells. The absorber layer (CIGS) used in the above mentioned structure was processed using a modified co-evaporation of the elements method. Such technique needs high vacuum and thus energy consumption. In this study, we present our results concerned with the processing of CIGS based solar cells using a cost effective non vacuum methods: electrodeposition and CBD (chemical bath deposition). The thin films obtained were similar to those prepared of using high vacuum methods. However the efficiency recorded on our heterostructure was around 3%. Our process is currently subject of intensive studies to improve the solar cells efficiency.
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