In this work, we describe the use of the atom-probe tomography technique for studying the grain boundaries of the absorber layer in a CIGS solar cell. A novel approach to prepare the atom probe tips containing the desired grain boundary with a known structure is also presented here.
Cojocaru-Mirédin, O., Schwarz, T., Choi, P., Herbig, M., Wuerz, R., Raabe, D. Atom Probe Tomography Studies on the Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Grain Boundaries. J. Vis. Exp. (74), e50376, doi:10.3791/50376 (2013).