What enables GaOx as hole transport layer for a 16 percent 1.0 eV CuInSe2 Bottom Cells with VOC above 550 mV?

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Among the highly efficient photovoltaic technologies, that do not rely on epitaxy, only chalcopyrites have a bandgap tunable down to 1.00 eV, the ideal for tandem applications. This is obtained with a pure CuInSe2 absorber without Ga. GaOx has been shown to be an efficient hole transport layer that prevents recombination at the metallic back contact. On the other hand, GaOx has proven detrimental, when it forms on In containing transparent back contacts in bifacial solar cells. Here, we investigate the conditions that make the GaOx layer conductive. We employ a GaOx hole transport layer that is formed through ion exchange during co-evaporation of the low band gap absorber layer. We find that no additional Cu is needed, and that Na is not necessary for a conductive GaOx. Nor did we find a systematic influence of oxygen flow during the sputtering process of the oxide layer. The GaOx layer is partly crystalline. The optimized passivating hole transport layer enables a CuInSe2 bottom solar cell, without any addition of Ag or heavy alkalis, with an active area efficiency above 16% and a record-certified open-circuit voltage VOC of 552meV

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