• DocumentCode
    1068161
  • Title

    The design and fabrication of thin-film CdS/Cu2S cells of 9.15-percent conversion efficiency

  • Author

    Bragagnolo, Julio A. ; Barnett, Allen M. ; Phillips, James E. ; Hall, Robert B. ; Rothwarf, Allen ; Meakin, John D.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Delaware, Newark, DE
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1980
  • fDate
    4/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    645
  • Lastpage
    651
  • Abstract
    Thin-film polycrystalline CdS/Cu2S cells with energy conversion efficiencies in sunlight of up to 9.15 percent and areas of ∼1 cm2have been developed. The improvement over previously achieved efficiencies is due to the development of techniques to separately measure and minimize fill factor losses. Specific design and fabrication changes based on a detailed quantitative analysis of the cell operation, were introduced to correct series resistance, shunt conductance and field effect losses. Further increases in efficiency can be expected from the development of a planar junction thin-film CdS/Cu2S cell.
  • Keywords
    Costs; Electrical resistance measurement; Energy conversion; Fabrication; IEC; Loss measurement; Photovoltaic systems; Pollution measurement; Solar power generation; Transistors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-ED.1980.19917
  • Filename
    1480710
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1068161