Abstract
Epitaxial layers of the quaternary compound Cu(In,Ga)S 2 and the ternary compound CuInS 2 were grown on Si(111) substrates via Molecular Beam Epitaxy. The layers were investigated for their morphological and structural properties using Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, reflection high-energy electron diffraction and X-Ray diffraction. Furthermore, complete solar cell devices were processed from these layers and their photovoltaic properties were investigated by means of I(U)-curves under illumination. Thus, efficiencies up to η=3.2% were achieved. The comparatively low performance of the solar cell devices is attributed to certain heterogeneities of the samples as a result of the growth process.
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