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Perspectives of chalcopyrite-based CIGSe thin-film solar cell: a review

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Solar photovoltaic (PV) is empowering, reliable, and ecofriendly technology for harvesting energy which can be assessed from the fact that PV panels with total electricity generation capacity of 505 GW have been installed by the end of 2018. Thin-film solar cells based on copper indium gallium selenide (CIGSe) are promising photovoltaic absorber material owing to an alternative to crystalline silicon (c-Si)-based solar cells because of the huge potential for low-cost solar electricity production with minimal usage of raw materials. The efficiency record of 23.4% was achieved recently in CIGSe solar cells, which was comparable to c-Si solar cells (27.6%). The manufacturing cost of $0.34/W is expected for 15% efficient CIGSe module. The present review article discusses the perspectives of CISe/CIGSe-based thin-film solar cells with the focus on absorber material. Different vacuum and non-vacuum techniques for fabricating these materials are discussed along with the operation of solar cells and their manufacturability. The working mechanism of CIGSe solar cells with the characteristic features of the open-circuit voltage and current density as well as the factors influencing the efficiency in different fabrication techniques are reviewed. Moreover, some strategies toward the improvement of solar cells performance contemplating modified deposition are reviewed. Furthermore, how these strategies can be executed in order to make it cost effective methods is also discussed in detail. Prevailing constrictions for the commercial maturity are deliberated, and future perspectives for improvement at lab as well as industrial scalabilities are outlined.

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reproduced from PhD thesis entitled “Deposition and characterization of Cu(In1-xGax)Se2 films by multiple deposition techniques” presented by Pablo Itzam Reyes Figueroa and supervised by Prof. Velumani Subramaniam and Dr. Nicolas B.) [47]

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This work is partially supported by the Project from Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología- Secretaría de Energía (CONACyT-SENER)—263043. G. Regmi wishes to thank CONACyT for the doctoral scholarship.

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Regmi, G., Ashok, A., Chawla, P. et al. Perspectives of chalcopyrite-based CIGSe thin-film solar cell: a review. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 31, 7286–7314 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-03338-2

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