An electrochemical route towards the fabrication of nanostructured semiconductor solar cells

Author

Inguanta, R. ; Piazza, S. ; Sunseri, C. ; Cino, A. ; Dio, V. Di ; Cascia, D.L. ; Miceli, R. ; Rando, C. ; Zizzo, G.

Author_Institution

DICPM, Univ. of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

fYear

2010

fDate

14-16 June 2010

Firstpage

1166

Lastpage

1171

Abstract

This work presents our preliminary results regarding an electrochemical process which allows the growth of nanostructured materials by means of nanopore templates. Also we analyze possible applications of this process to fabricate nanostructured semiconductors, such as CIGS, suitable for photovoltaic devices, and we consider the implications from the perspective of characterization techniques and device modelling when using such a technology.

Keywords

copper compounds; electrochemistry; gallium compounds; indium compounds; nanofabrication; nanostructured materials; solar cells; ternary semiconductors; CuInGaSe₂; copper indium gallium selenide compound; electrochemical deposition; nanopore template; nanostructured material; nanostructured semiconductor solar cell fabrication; photovoltaic device; Automation; Fabrication; Gallium; Hydrogen; IEEE members; Nanostructured materials; Optical materials; Photonic band gap; Photovoltaic cells; Power electronics; CIGS; Electrochemical Deposition; Nanostructured Semiconductors; Solar Cells;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Electrical Drives Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM), 2010 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Pisa

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4986-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7919-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SPEEDAM.2010.5542264

Filename

5542264