• DocumentCode
    2548809
  • Title

    Influence of CdS window layers on thin film CdS/CdTe solar cell performance

  • Author

    McCandless, B.E. ; Hegedus, S.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Energy Conversion, Delaware Univ., Newark, DE, USA
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    7-11 Oct 1991
  • Firstpage
    967
  • Abstract
    The effects of reducing CdS thickness in the CdS/CdTe solar cells to increase JSC are discussed. From spectral response (SR) measurements, it is shown that CdS and CdTe interdiffusion increases as CdS thickness decreases. Changes observed in the CdS and CdTe SR edges imply formation of both S-rich and Te-rich CdTe1-x Sx regions. Other photocurrent losses in CdS/CdTe devices are quantified
  • Keywords
    II-VI semiconductors; cadmium compounds; chemical interdiffusion; photoconductivity; semiconductor thin films; solar cells; CdS window layers; interdiffusion; photocurrent losses; solar cell performance; spectral response; thin film CdS-CdTe solar cells; Circuits; Energy conversion; Glass; Heat treatment; Photoconductivity; Photovoltaic cells; Solar heating; Strontium; Transistors; Water heating;
  • 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.1991.169352
  • Filename
    169352
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2548809