[HTML][HTML] CdTe-based thin film solar cells: past, present and future

A Romeo, E Artegiani - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
CdTe is a very robust and chemically stable material and for this reason its related solar cell
thin film photovoltaic technology is now the only thin film technology in the first 10 top …

Thin‐film solar cells exceeding 22% solar cell efficiency: An overview on CdTe-, Cu (In, Ga) Se2-, and perovskite-based materials

M Powalla, S Paetel, E Ahlswede, R Wuerz… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Already, several technologies of polycrystalline thin‐film photovoltaic materials have
achieved certified record small‐cell power conversion efficiencies exceeding 22%. They are …

[HTML][HTML] 20%-efficient polycrystalline Cd (Se, Te) thin-film solar cells with compositional gradient near the front junction

DB Li, SS Bista, RA Awni, S Neupane… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Bandgap gradient is a proven approach for improving the open-circuit voltages (VOCs) in
Cu (In, Ga) Se2 and Cu (Zn, Sn) Se2 thin-film solar cells, but has not been realized in Cd …

Recent progress towards photovoltaics' circular economy

MKH Rabaia, C Semeraro, AG Olabi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Massive expansions in the global population and the global digitalization throughout the
industrial revolution are causing energy security issues that are no longer environmentally …

Thin-film solar cells with 19% efficiency by thermal evaporation of CdSe and CdTe

T Ablekim, JN Duenow, X Zheng, H Moutinho… - ACS Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
CdTe-based solar cells exhibiting 19% power conversion efficiency were produced using
widely available thermal evaporation deposition of the absorber layers on SnO2-coated …

Design of a highly efficient CdTe-based dual-heterojunction solar cell with 44% predicted efficiency

A Kuddus, ABM Ismail, J Hossain - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this article, we theoretically demonstrate highly efficient cadmium telluride (CdTe)-based
dual-heterojunction solar cells (DHSCs) with incorporating cadmium selenide (CdSe) and …

Review on bandgap engineering in metal-chalcogenide absorber layer via grading: a trend in thin-film solar cells

I Sharma, PS Pawar, RK Yadav, R Nandi, J Heo - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Bandgap engineering in p–n junction-based thin-film solar cells (TFSCs) is a fascinating
research area for enhancing device performance. The present review addresses the effect of …

Interface-engineered Ni-coated CdTe heterojunction photocathode for enhanced photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution

JX Jian, LH Xie, A Mumtaz, T Baines… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting for hydrogen production using the CdTe
photocathode has attracted much interest due to its excellent sunlight absorption property …

[HTML][HTML] A review on chemical bath deposition of metal chalcogenide thin films for heterojunction solar cells

S Sengupta, R Aggarwal, M Raula - Journal of Materials Research, 2023 - Springer
Heterojunction (HJ) thin-film II–VI solar cells are emergent substitutes to the traditional
silicon solar cells because of improved efficiency and cost-effectiveness. A renewed interest …

Design and simulation of a high efficiency CdS/CdTe solar cell

IE Tinedert, F Pezzimenti, ML Megherbi, A Saadoune - Optik, 2020 - Elsevier
A thin film solar cell based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) has been investigated by means of
an accurate numerical simulation study. To optimize the design in terms of power conversion …