Unravelling complex nature of CdS/CdTe based thin film solar cells

DHARMADASA, I and OJO, A. A. (2017). Unravelling complex nature of CdS/CdTe based thin film solar cells. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 28 (22), 16598-16617.

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Abstract

Thin film solar cells based on CdS/CdTe hetero- structure has shown a drastic improvement changing from 16.5 to 22.1% efficiency during a short period of time from ~2013 to ~2016. This has happened in the industrial environment and the open research in this field has stagnated over a period of two decades prior to ~2013. Most of the issues of this hetero-structure were not clear to the photovoltaic (PV) community and research efforts should be directed to unravel its complex nature. Issues related to materials, post-growth treatment, chemical etching prior to metallisation and associated device physics are the main areas needing deeper understanding in order to further develop this device. After a comprehensive research programme in both academia and in industry on these materials, surfaces and interfaces and fully fabricated devices over a period of over three decades by the main author, the current knowledge as understood today, on all above mentioned complex issues are presented in this paper. Full understanding of this structure will enable PV developers to further improve the conversion efficiency beyond 22.1% for CdS/CdTe based solar cells.

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Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Materials and Engineering Research Institute > Advanced Coatings and Composites Research Centre > Electronic Materials and Sensors Research Group
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-017-7615-x
Page Range: 16598-16617
Depositing User: Jill Hazard
Date Deposited: 08 Aug 2017 13:17
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 04:02
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16476

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