CdS/CdTe thin film solar cells on low cost substrates

Author

Ramanathan, K. ; Dhere, R.G. ; Coutts, T.J. ; Chu, T.I. ; Chu, S.

Author_Institution

Nat. Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

10-14 May 1993

Firstpage

466

Lastpage

468

Abstract

CdS/CdTe polycrystalline thin-film solar cells have been fabricated on tin oxide coated soda-lime glass substrates. CdS thin-films were grown from aqueous solutions and the CdTe by close-spaced sublimation. The influence of CdS thickness and the CSS deposition conditions were studied. A 10.6% efficient device was fabricated. The differences in the thermal properties of soda-lime and borosilicate glasses are compared and the process modifications for soda-lime glass substrates are discussed

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; cadmium compounds; crystal growth from melt; glass; materials preparation; semiconductor growth; semiconductor thin films; solar cells; substrates; CdS thin-films; CdS-CdTe; CdS/CdTe thin film solar cells; aqueous solutions; borosilicate glass; close-spaced sublimation; low cost substrates; oxide coated soda-lime glass substrates; process modifications; thermal properties; Cascading style sheets; Chemical vapor deposition; Costs; Glass; Photovoltaic cells; Softening; Substrates; Temperature; Tin; Transistors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1993., Conference Record of the Twenty Third IEEE

Conference_Location

Louisville, KY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1220-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1993.347137

Filename

347137