Progress Toward Improved Device Performance in Large-Area Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin Film Solar Cells

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jehad AbuShama ◽  
John Wax ◽  
Troy Berens ◽  
John Tuttle
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Device Performance ◽  
Large Area

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

Determining the Limiting Interface for Thin Film Solar Cells Using Intensity Dependent Front and Back Illuminated Device Performance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam B. Phillips ◽  
Ramez Hosseinian Ahangharnejhad ◽  
Kamala Khanal Subedi ◽  
Manoj K. Jamarkattel ◽  
Dipendra Pokhrel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Device Performance ◽  
Back Illuminated

scholarly journals Large-area Suns-Voc Tester for Thin-film Solar Cells on Glass Superstrates

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 258-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Hidayat ◽  
P.I. Widenborg ◽  
A.G. Aberle
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Large Area

scholarly journals Sulfurization of Electrodeposited Sb/Cu Precursors for CuSbS2: Potential Absorber Materials for Thin-Film Solar Cells

2022 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aimei Zhao ◽  
Yanping Wang ◽  
Bing Li ◽  
Dongmei Xiang ◽  
Zhuo Peng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Films ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Annealing Temperature ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Device Performance ◽  
Promising Candidate ◽  
Good Crystallinity ◽  
Effects Of Temperature ◽  
Efficient Solar Cell

CuSbS2, as a direct bandgap semiconductor, is a promising candidate for fabricating flexible thin-film solar cells due to its low grain growth temperature (300°C–450°C). Uniform and highly crystalline CuSbS2 thin films are crucial to improving device performance. However, uniform CuSbS2 is difficult to obtain during electrodeposition and post-sulfurization due to the “dendritic” deposition of Cu on Mo substrates. In this study, Sb/Cu layers were sequentially pulse electrodeposited on Mo substrates. By adjusting the pulse parameters, smooth and uniform Sb layers were prepared on Mo, and a flat Cu layer was obtained on Sb without any dendritic clusters. A two-step annealing process was employed to fabricate CuSbS2 thin films. The effects of temperature on phases and morphologies were investigated. CuSbS2 thin films with good crystallinity were obtained at 360°C. As the annealing temperature increased, the crystallinity of the films decreased. The CuSbS2 phase transformed into a Cu3SbS4 phase with the temperature increase to 400°C. Finally, a 0.90% efficient solar cell was obtained using the CuSbS2 thin films annealed at 360°C.

Large Area CdS/CuxS Thin Film Solar Cells Produced by Electrophoretic Deposition

1982 ◽  
pp. 732-736
Author(s):  
T. J. Cumberbatch ◽  
I. D. Mclnally ◽  
E. W. Williams ◽  
D. J. Gibbons ◽  
M. Claybourn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Electrophoretic Deposition ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Large Area

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.

8.2% pure selenide kesterite thin-film solar cells from large-area electrodeposited precursors

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Vauche ◽  
Lisa Risch ◽  
Yudania Sánchez ◽  
Mirjana Dimitrievska ◽  
Marcel Pasquinelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Large Area
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