Thin film CdTe-CdS heterojunction solar cells on lightweight metal substrates

被引：49

作者：

Singh, VP ^{[1
]}

McClure, JC

Lush, GB

Wang, W

Wang, X

Thompson, GW

Clark, E

机构：

[1] Univ Texas, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, El Paso, TX 79968 USA

[2] Univ Texas, Dept Met & Mat Engn, El Paso, TX 79968 USA

[3] Univ Texas, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, El Paso, TX 79968 USA

[4] NASA, Lewis Res Ctr, Cleveland, OH 44135 USA

来源：

SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS | 1999年 / 59卷 / 1-2期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0927-0248(99)00039-2

中图分类号：

TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];

学科分类号：

0807 ; 0820 ;

摘要：

An unconventional thin film CdTe-CdS solar cell device configuration, in which the substrate is molybdenum foil and CdS is deposited on top of CdTe, was developed. A conducting contact between Mo and CdTe was achieved by using thin interlayers. The CdTe-CdS junction process development led to an open circuit voltage of 824 mV. CdCl(2) treatment followed by oxygen annealing greatly improved solar cell performance. An initial study of capacitance-voltage data has shown a depletion layer width of 4.62 mu m into CdTe in the dark, Cell efficiency of 5.3% was achieved. Higher cell efficiency is now being sought by improving the top contact to CdS and lowering series resistance. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：145 / 161

页数：17

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