• DocumentCode
    3519926
  • Title

    Investigation of post deposition CdCl2 treatment for fully sputtered CdTe/CdS thin film solar cells

  • Author

    Treharne, R.E. ; Williams, B.L. ; Bowen, L. ; Mendis, B.G. ; Durose, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Stephenson Inst. for Renewable Energy, Univ. of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    3-8 June 2012
  • Abstract
    An all-sputtered fabrication route to CdTe/CdS solar cells has been developed. The reproducibility of device efficiency was investigated with respect to a post-deposition CdCl2 treatment. A maximum conversion efficiency, for optimized devices, of 12.4% and an average of 9.3±2.2% was achieved. Significant re-crystallization within the CdTe and CdS layers was observed, via cross-sectional SEM, following CdCl2 treatment.
  • Keywords
    cadmium compounds; recrystallisation; scanning electron microscopy; solar cells; thin films; CdCl2; CdTe-CdS; all-sputtered fabrication; cross-sectional SEM; fully sputtered thin film solar cells; optimized devices; post deposition treatment; recrystallization; Annealing; Sociology; Statistics; CdTe/CdS thin-film solar cells; RF magnetron sputtering; scanning electron microscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2012 38th IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Austin, TX
  • ISSN
    0160-8371
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0064-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317985
  • Filename
    6317985
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3519926