• Title of article

    CdS thin film post-annealing and Te–S interdiffusion in a CdTe/CdS solar cell

  • Author/Authors

    Xavier Mathew a، نويسنده , , ?، نويسنده , , Jose S. Cruz b، نويسنده , , David R. Coronado a، نويسنده , , Aduljay R. Milla´n a، نويسنده , , Gildardo C. Segura a، نويسنده , , Erik R. Morales، نويسنده , , c، نويسنده , , Omar S. Mart?´nez a، نويسنده , , c، نويسنده , , Christian C. Garcia a، نويسنده , , Eduardo P. Landa a، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    1023
  • To page
    1028
  • Abstract
    Small area CdTe/CdS solar cells were fabricated using chemical bath deposited CdS and CSS deposited CdTe thin films to investigate the interface properties related to the CdS processing. The effect of post deposition annealing of CdS on the junction properties and the possible interdiffusion at the interface is discussed. The hypothesis of hardening of CdS due to annealing against the diffusion of “S” and “Te” is discussed using the quantum efficiency data in the blue and red regions. Devices prepared using as-deposited CdS films exhibited evidences of higher “S” and “Te” diffusion compared to devices made using CdS films annealed in oxygen. The maximum efficiency of the devices used in this study was 9.8%. 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
  • Keywords
    CSS , CdS annealing , CdTe/CdS , Vapor chloride treatments , Quantum efficiency
  • Journal title
    Solar Energy
  • Serial Year
    2012
  • Journal title
    Solar Energy
  • Record number

    940947