Last modified: 2018-07-25
Abstract
CuIn0.7Ga0.3Se2 (CIGS) thin films are deposited on glass (SLG) substrate, by close-spaced vapor transport technique (CSVT) [1]. Pure copper (Cu) contacts are deposited on the front side of SLG/CIGS thin films by physical vapor deposition (PVD) . Hall Effect measurements [2], on these samples, named CIGS1 and CIGS2 and grown at substrate temperature (Ts) of 470 °C and 510 °C, respectively, are performed in the temperature range (300 K – 438 K), in order to investigate the temperature effect on the electrical parameters such as carrier concentration (p), conductivity (σ) and mobility (µ). The bandgap energy (Eg) of about 1.38eV and 1.24 eV are extracted from Arrhenius diagram of (p) and (σ), respectively. Activation energies (Ea) at 563.9 meV and 239.4 meV for CIGS1 thin film and 584.2 meV and 72.7 meV for CIGS2 thin film are also determined. Moreover, average mobilities of 1.83 cm2/Vs and 1.77 cm2/Vs are deduced for CIGS1 and CIGS2 thin films, respectively.