Micro and Nano-Bricklayer Building Process of CDS Films: Their Optimal Applications in CDTE Solar Cells

Author

Puente, G. Contreras ; Velazquez, M. Tufino ; Calixto, M. Estela ; Escamilla, M. Jimenez ; Galán, O. Vigil ; Carbajal, A. Arias ; Acevedo, A. Morales ; Hernandez, J. Aguilar ; Hernandez, J. Sastre ; Guerrero, F. N Arellano

Author_Institution

Escuela Superior de Fisica y Matematicas, Inst. Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

38838

Firstpage

457

Lastpage

460

Abstract

For optimizing and having reproducibility of the PV-performance of CdTe based solar cells, the quality of the CdS-partner window material plays an important role. One of the main problems to be solved consists in eliminating the pinhole density in the CdS layer, as well as its processing with the suitable geometric granularity (grain size, roughness, barrier dimensions, voids and film thickness). We have started studying CBD-CdS bilayer deposition, as they make possible to get micro and nano CdS-particles, thus allowing us to engineer the particles size that could be embedded and recrystallized afterwards to improve the CdS film quality

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; cadmium compounds; liquid phase deposition; nanoparticles; particle size; recrystallisation; semiconductor thin films; solar cells; CBD bilayer deposition; CdS; CdS-partner window material; CdTe; PV-performance; barrier dimensions; geometric granularity; grain size; microbricklayer building process; nanobricklayer building process; nanoparticles; particles size; pinhole density; recrystallization; roughness; semiconductor based solar cells; semiconductor films; voids; Atomic force microscopy; Conducting materials; Grain size; Optical films; Photovoltaic cells; Reproducibility of results; Scanning electron microscopy; Surface morphology; Transistors; X-ray diffraction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0017-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279489

Filename

4059662