Copper gallium diselenide

Morgan DL, Shines CJ, Jeter SP, et al. 1995. Acute pulmonary toxicity of copper gallium diselenide, copper indium diselenide, and cadmium telluride intratracheally instilled into rats. Environ Res 71 16-24. 

B. Marsen, B. Cole, E.L. Miller, Photoelectrolysis of water using thin copper gallium diselenide electrodes. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 92, 1054—1058 (2008)... 

Copper Gallium Diselenide and Copper Indium Diselenide... 

The deposition of CBD CdS as a junction layer for solar cell devices has proven to be a very successful industrially acceptable technique. Kessler et al.13 reported on copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) mini-modules (area = 16cm2) with a conversion efficiency of 16.6%, wherein CBD CdS was used as a junction layer. Basol et al.14 fabricated 9.3% active-area efficient thin-film flexible CuInSe2 (CIS) solar cells (specific power >1 kW/kg) on lightweight, flexible metallic, and polymeric (polymide-based) substrates using CBD CdS. 

A number of companies are currently involved in thin-fllm photovoltaics [17], and low-cost multilayer thin-fllm amorphous silicon and CdTe (cadmium telluride) systems have already been installed in large numbers with efficiencies of the order of 10% and of about 80% output after 25 years of operation. Large-scale plants have been announced for the so-called CIS (cadmium indium selenide) and CGIS (copper gallium indium diselenide), technologies with production efficiencies in the range 12-13% and laboratory measurements up to 19.9% [18]. 

Single crystal silicon (sc-Si), polyciystalline silicon (p-Si), and amorphous silicon (a-Si) can all be used to make solar cells, with fabrication cost and device photoconversion efficiencies decreasing as one moves from single-crystal to amorphous materials. Various properties of these materials are summarized in Table 8.1. Other relatively common solar cell materials include gallium arsenide (GaAs), copper indiirm diselenide (CIS), copper indium-gallium... 

Nonstoichiometric copper indium gallium diselenide [Cu(In,Ga) Se2—abbreviated as CIGS or CIS if the gallium is absent] is another promising thin-film PV material.f Large grains can be produced on foreign... 

Al/Si Aluminosilicate CIGS Copper-Indium-Gallium-Diselenide... 

Abstract Photovoltaic cells have been dominated so far by solid state p-n junction devices made from silicon or gallium arsenide wavers or thin film embodiments based on amorphous silicon, CdTe and copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) profiting from the experience and material availability of the semiconductor industry. Recently there has been a surge of interest for devices that are based on nanoscale inorganic or organic semiconductors commonly referred to as bulk junctions due to their interconnected three-dimensional structure. The present chapter describes the state of the art of the academic and industrial development of nanostructured solar cells, with emphasis in the development of the dye-sensitized nanocristalline solar cell. 

Semiconductor - Any material that has a limited capacity for conducting an electric current. Certain semiconductors, including silicon, gallium arsenide, copper indium diselenide, and cadmium telluride, are uniquely suited to the photovoitaic conversion process. 

Thin Film - A layer of semiconductor material, such as copper indium diselenide or gallium arsenide, a few microns or less in thickness, used to make solar photovoltaic cells. 

Phthalocyanines Copper indium diselenide (CuInSe2) Indium antimonide (InSb) indium phosphide (InP) Indium gallium nitride (InGaN) Cadmium telluride (CdTe)... 

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