Influence of substrate temperature on photovoltaic parameters of CdS/DdTe/Te solar cells fabricated by Close Space Sublimation

Author

Potlog, T. ; Spalatu, N.

Author_Institution

Phys. Dept., Moldova State Univ., Chisinau

Volume

1

fYear

2008

fDate

13-15 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

117

Lastpage

120

Abstract

Thin film CdS/CdTe solar cells were fabricated by close space sublimation at the substrate temperature ranging from 300degC plusmn 5degC to 340 plusmn 5degCdegC. The best photovoltaic parameters were achieved at substrate temperature 320degC and source temperature 610degC. The open circuit voltage and current density changes significantly with the substrate temperature and depends on the substrate temperature. The open circuit voltage and current density achieves 0, 81 V and 22, 75 mA/cm², respectively. CdS/CdTe solar cells with an efficiency of 9, 56% were obtained.

Keywords

cadmium compounds; solar cells; sublimation; thin films; CdS-CdTe-Te; close space sublimation; current density; efficiency 56 percent; efficiency 9 percent; open circuit voltage; photovoltaic parameters; solar cells; substrate temperature; temperature 320 degC; temperature 610 degC; thin film; voltage 0 V; voltage 81 V; Current density; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Solar power generation; Substrates; Tellurium; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution; Thin film circuits; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Conference, 2008. CAS 2008. International

Conference_Location

Sinaia

ISSN

1545-827X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2004-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMICND.2008.4703344

Filename

4703344