Optimized chemical bath deposited CdS layers for the improvement of CdTe solar cells

Junfeng Han; C. Spanheimer; G. Haindl; Ganhua Fu; V. Krishnakumar; J. Schaffner; Chunjie Fan; Kui Zhao; A. Klein; W. Jaegermann

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2010.10.027

Optimized chemical bath deposited CdS layers for the improvement of CdTe solar cells

Junfeng Han, C. Spanheimer, G. Haindl, Ganhua Fu, V. Krishnakumar, J. Schaffner, Chunjie Fan, Kui Zhao, A. Klein, W. Jaegermann^*

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Abstract

CdS layers grown by chemical bath deposition (CBD) are treated in different ways to improve the performance of CdS/CdTe solar cells. It has been found that the open circuit voltage of the CdS/CdTe solar cell increases when the CBD CdS is annealed with CdCl₂ before the deposition of CdTe by close spaced sublimation (CSS). A thin CBD CdS (∼80 nm) with bi-layer structure can significantly improve the short circuit current of the CdS/CdTe solar cells.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	816-820
Number of pages	5
Journal	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume	95
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2010.10.027
Publication status	Published - Mar 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Bi-layer CdS buffer layer
CdTe solar cells
Chemical bath deposition

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Optimized chemical bath deposited CdS layers for the improvement of CdTe solar cells

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