Title :
Magnetron sputtered CdTe solar cells on flexible substrates
Author :
Drayton, Jennifer ; Vasko, Anthony ; Gupta, Akhlesh ; Compaan, A.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Toledo Univ., OH, USA
Abstract :
We describe the application of sputter deposition processes to the fabrication of CdS/CdTe solar cells on light weight, flexible substrates in both the substrate and superstrate configurations. We have fabricated CdS/CdTe cells on molybdenum foil and Kapton polyimide. The Mo-based devices are among the best reported for substrate configuration CdTe solar cells, with efficiencies of ∼7% at AM1.5.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; cadmium compounds; molybdenum; polymer films; solar cells; sputter deposition; substrates; wide band gap semiconductors; CdS-CdTe; CdS/CdTe solar cells; Kapton polyimide; Mo; Mo-based devices; flexible substrates; light weight, flexible substrates; magnetron sputtered CDTE solar cells; molybdenum foil; sputter deposition processes; substrate configuration CdTe solar cells; superstrate configuration; Fabrication; Glass; Lattices; Photovoltaic cells; Physics; Sputter etching; Sputtering; Substrates; Temperature; X-ray scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2005. Conference Record of the Thirty-first IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8707-4
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488155
