scholarly journals Close‐Spaced Sublimation (CSS): A Low‐Cost, High‐Yield Deposition System for Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) Thin Film Solar Cells

10.5772/66040 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nowshad Amin ◽  
Kazi Sajedur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Cadmium Telluride ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Cdte Thin Film

CdTe Thin-Film Solar Cells

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 45-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Suntola
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Cadmium Telluride ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Thick Layer ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Cdte Thin Film ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Cell Structures

Cadmium telluride is currently the most promising material for high efficiency, low-cost thin-film solar cells. Cadmium telluride is a compound semiconductor with an ideal 1.45 eV bandgap for direct light-to-electricity conversion. The light absorption coefficient of CdTe is high enough to make a one-micrometer-thick layer of material absorb over 99% of the visible light. Processing homogenous polycrystalline thin films seems to be less critical for CdTe than for many other compound semiconductors. The best small-area CdTe thin-film cells manufactured show more than 15% conversion efficiency. Large-area modules with aperture efficiencies in excess of 10% have also been demonstrated. The long-term stability of CdTe solar cell structures is not known in detail or in the necessary time span. Indication of good stability has been demonstrated. One of the concerns about CdTe solar cells is the presence of cadmium which is an environmentally hazardous material.

Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin film solar cells

2022 ◽  
pp. 65-83
Author(s):  
Kazi Sajedur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Cadmium Telluride ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Cdte Thin Film

CdS/CdTe thin film solar cells on low cost substrates

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Ramanathan ◽  
R.G. Dhere ◽  
T.J. Coutts ◽  
T.L. Chu ◽  
S. Chu
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Cdte Thin Film

Correlative impurity distribution analysis in cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar cells by ToF-SIMS 2D imaging

2016 ◽  
Vol 157 ◽  
pp. 65-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Mao ◽  
Graham Blatz ◽  
C.E. Wickersham ◽  
Markus Gloeckler
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Cadmium Telluride ◽  
Impurity Distribution ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Distribution Analysis ◽  
Cdte Thin Film ◽  
Tof Sims ◽  
2D Imaging

Stable, high efficiency thin film solar cells produced by electrodeposition of cadmium telluride

1991 ◽  
Vol 23 (2-4) ◽  
pp. 388-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.K. Turner ◽  
J.M. Woodcock ◽  
M.E. Ozsan ◽  
J.G. Summers ◽  
J. Barker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Cadmium Telluride ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells

Effect of ZnTe and CdZnTe Alloys at the Back Contact of 1-µm-Thick CdTe Thin Film Solar Cells

2002 ◽  
Vol 41 (Part 1, No. 5A) ◽  
pp. 2834-2841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nowshad Amin ◽  
Akira Yamada ◽  
Makoto Konagai
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Back Contact ◽  
Cdte Thin Film

Studies of key technologies for large area CdTe thin film solar cells

2007 ◽  
Vol 515 (15) ◽  
pp. 5792-5797 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lianghuan Feng ◽  
Lili Wu ◽  
Zhi Lei ◽  
Wei Li ◽  
Yaping Cai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Cdte Thin Film ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Key Technologies

Deep level transient spectroscopy investigation of deep levels in CdS/CdTe thin film solar cells with Te:Cu back contact

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 027303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang Zhao ◽  
Li Bing ◽  
Zheng Xu ◽  
Xie Jing ◽  
Huang Zheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy ◽  
Deep Level ◽  
Deep Levels ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Back Contact ◽  
Cdte Thin Film ◽  
Transient Spectroscopy

Cu 2 Si x Sn 1− x S 3 Thin Films Prepared by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering For Low-Cost Thin Film Solar Cells

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 108801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Yan ◽  
Fang-Yang Liu ◽  
Yan-Qing Lai ◽  
Jie Li ◽  
Ye-Xiang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Films ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Magnetron Sputtering ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Reactive Magnetron Sputtering ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Reactive Magnetron
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