Title :
All-sputtered CdS/CdTe solar cells on polyimide
Author :
Vasko, A.C. ; Liu, X. ; Compaan, A.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Toledo, Toledo, Spain
Abstract :
We have made CdS/CdTe solar cells on polyimides from different sources. These cells were fabricated using sputtered zinc oxide doped with aluminum as the transparent conducting oxide. The CdS and CdTe were also deposited by sputtering. In this paper we report properties of the sputtered AZO and its changes with CdCl2 heat treatments. We have achieved a cell efficiency of 10.5% at air mass 1.5G illumination.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; aluminium; cadmium compounds; heat treatment; semiconductor growth; semiconductor thin films; solar cells; sputter deposition; thin film devices; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; CdS-CdTe-ZnO:Al; air mass illumination; cell efficiency; heat treatments; solar cells; sputtering; transparent conducting oxide; Aluminum; Copper; Glass; Gold; Photovoltaic cells; Polyimides; Sputtering; Substrates; Temperature; Zinc oxide;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2009 34th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2949-3
Electronic_ISBN :
0160-8371
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411364
