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PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CIGSS SOLAR CELLS AND PV MODULE DATA ANALYSIS
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TitlePREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CIGSS SOLAR CELLS AND PV MODULE DATA ANALYSIS
AuthorShirolikar, Jyoti
KeywordsCIGSS
solar cell
photovoltaic
LABVIEW
test
rapid thermal processing
RTP
FSEC
AbstractIn this thesis, multiple activities have been carried out in order to improve the process of CIGSS solar cell fabrication on a 4" x 4" substrate. The process of CIGSS solar cell fabrication at FSEC's PV Materials Lab involves a series of steps that were all carried out manually in the past. A LABVIEW program has been written to carry out automated sputter deposition of Mo back contact, CuGa, In metallic precursors on a soda lime glass substrate using a stepper motor control for better uniformity. Further, selenization/ sulfurization of these precursors was carried out using rapid thermal processing (RTP). CIGS films were sulfurized using chemical bath deposition (CBD). ZnO:Al was deposited on the CIGSS films using RF sputtering. A separate LABVIEW program was written to automate the process of ZnO:Al deposition. Ni/Al contact fingers were deposited on the ZnO:Al layer using the e-beam evaporation technique. Further, in order to test these solar cells in-house, a simple current-voltage (IV) tracer was fabricated using LABVIEW. A quantum efficiency (QE) measurement setup was built with guidance from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Lastly, analysis of data from photovoltaic (PV) modules installed on the FSEC test site has been carried out using a LABVIEW program in order to find out their rate of degradation as time progresses. A 'C' program has also been written as an aid for keeping a daily log of errors in data and for troubleshooting of the same.
AdviserDhere, Neelkanth
PublisherUniversity of Central Florida
DegreeM.S.E.E.
Degree DisciplineDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Degree GrantorEngineering and Computer Science
Degree ProgramElectrical Engineering
Graduation Date2005-12-01
TypeMaster's thesis
Access LevelPublic - Allow Worldwide Access
Release Date2007-01-31
RepositoryUniversity Archives
Repository CollectionElectronic Theses and Dissertations
IdentifierCFE0000859
Access Linkhttp://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0000859

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