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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Advances in OptoElectronics Volume 2011, Article ID 573094, 6 pages doi:10.1155/2011/573094 Research Article Effect of Ga/Cu Ratio on Polycrystalline CuGaSe2 Thin Film Solar Cell M. M. Islam,1, 2 A. Yamada,3 T. Sakurai,1 S. Ishizuka,3 K. Matsubara,3 S. Niki,3 and K. Akimoto1 1 Institute of Applied Physics, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan 2 Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan 3 Research Center for Photovoltaics, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan Correspondence should be addressed to M. M. Islam, monirul@mbe.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp Received 30 April 2011; Accepted 1 June 2011 Academic Editor: Surya Prakash Singh Copyright © 2011 M. M. Islam et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Structural and electrical properties of polycrystalline CuGaSe2 thin films have been studied by changing the Ga/Cu ratio in the films. CuGaSe2 thin films with various Ga/Cu ratio were grown over Mo-coated soda-lime glass substrates. With the increase of Ga content in CuGaSe2 , morphology of the films was found to deteriorate which is associated with the smaller grain size and the appearance of impurity phases presumably due to the phase transition from the chalcopyrite structure to the defect-related phase on the surface of the films. Properties of the Ga poor films were affected by the Cu rich secondary phases. Electrical properties of the films were strongly i