• DocumentCode
    999949
  • Title

    Cadmium telluride/Langmuir film photovoltaic structures

  • Author

    Dharmadasa, I.M. ; Roberts, G.G. ; Petty, M.C.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Durham, Department of Applied Physics & Electronics, Durham, UK
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1980
  • Firstpage
    201
  • Lastpage
    202
  • Abstract
    The electrical properties of Schottky-barrier and Langmuir-film m.i.s. solar cells fabricated on chemically etched CdTe substrates are reported. The Schottky-barrier devices possess ideality factors close to unity and barrier heights of approximately 0.70 eV. Incorporation of one monolayer of a cadmium stearate Langmuir film between the metal electrode and the semiconductor is found to increase both the effective barrier height of the device measured in the dark and also the open-circuit voltage measured under illumination conditions.
  • Keywords
    II-VI semiconductors; Langmuir films; Schottky-barrier diodes; metal-insulator-semiconductor devices; metal-insulator-semiconductor structures; solar cells; CdTe/Langmuir film photovoltaic structures; MIS solar cells; Schottky barrier solar cells; electrical properties; ideality factors; open circuit voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19800144
  • Filename
    4249589