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A study on the electrical characteristics of CdZnS/CdTe heterojunction

CdZnS/CdTe 이종접합의 전기적 특성에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2010.03.09
  • Accepted : 2010.06.08
  • Published : 2010.07.30
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Abstract

A CdS film has been used as a window layer in CdTe and Cu(In,Ga)$Se_2$ thin films solar cell. Partial substitution of Zn for Cd increases the photocurrent and the open-circuit voltage by providing a match in the electron affinities of the two materials and the higher band gap. In this paper, CdZnS/CdTe and CdS/CdTe heterojunctions were fabricated and the electrical characteristics were investigated. Current-voltage-temperature measurements showed that the current transport for CdS/CdTe heterojunction was controlled by both tunneling and interface recombination. However, CdZnS/CdTe heterojunction displayed different current transport mechanism with the operating temperature. For above room temperature, the current transport of device was generation/recombination in the depletion region and was the leakage current and/or tunneling in the range below room temperature.

CdTe 및 Cu(In,Ga)$Se_2$ 박막 태양전지의 창층으로 널리 이용되는 CdS에서 Cd의 일부를 Zn으로 치환하면 두 물질 사이의 전자 친화력의 정합이 향상되고 에너지 밴드 갭이 증가하여 개방전압 및 광전류를 증가시킬 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 태양전지와 같은 광전소자에 적용되는 CdZnS와 CdTe로 구성되는 이종접합 소자를 제작하고 접합에서의 전류 전도기구를 조사하기 위해 온도에 따른 전류-전압 특성을 분석하였다. CdS/CdTe 접합의 전류 흐름은 계면 재결합과 터널링의 조합에 의해 조절되지만 CdZnS/CdTe 접합의 경우 상온 이상의 온도에서는 공핍층에서의 생성/재결합, 상온 이하의 온도에서는 누설 전류나 터널링에 의해 전류 흐름이 제한됨을 알 수 있었다.

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