• DocumentCode
    2547790
  • Title

    Minority-carrier lifetime of polycrystalline CdTe in CdS/CdTe solar cells

  • Author

    Ahrenkiel, R.K. ; Keyes, B.M. ; Wang, L. ; Albright, S.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO, USA
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    7-11 Oct 1991
  • Firstpage
    940
  • Abstract
    CdS/CdTe solar cells have been produced by low-cost spray technology. The NREL-measured efficiency of the best device is 12.7% at air mass 1.5. The first time, the minority-carrier lifetime of the polycrystalline CdTe grains was measured by time-resolved photoluminescence. The longest measured lifetimes were over 5 ns, and were found in large-grain (~4 μm), high-density material near the CdS/CdTe interface
  • Keywords
    II-VI semiconductors; cadmium compounds; carrier lifetime; minority carriers; solar cells; CdS-CdTe solar cells; NREL-measured efficiency; low-cost spray technology; minority-carrier lifetime; polycrystalline grains; time-resolved photoluminescence; Costs; Crystalline materials; Crystallization; Glass; Optical materials; Photoluminescence; Photonics; Photovoltaic cells; Semiconductor materials; Spraying;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the Twenty Second IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Las Vegas, NV
  • Print_ISBN
    0-87942-636-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC.1991.169347
  • Filename
    169347
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2547790