CdTe-based thin film photovoltaics: Recent advances, current challenges and future prospects

MA Scarpulla, B McCandless, AB Phillips, Y Yan… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cadmium telluride (CdTe)-based cells have emerged as the leading commercialized thin
film photovoltaic technology and has intrinsically better temperature coefficients, energy …

[HTML][HTML] Anomaly detection in laser powder bed fusion using machine learning: A review

T Sahar, M Rauf, A Murtaza, LA Khan, H Ayub… - Results in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Metal Additive Manufacturing (MAM) applications are growing rapidly in high-tech
industries such as biomedical and aerospace, and in many other industries including …

[HTML][HTML] Inventions, innovations, and new technologies: Flexible and lightweight thin-film solar PV based on CIGS, CdTe, and a-Si: H

S Wijewardane, LL Kazmerski - Solar Compass, 2023 - Elsevier
This survey examines new and emerging applications and technology advancements that
hold potential for effective use and market expansion of thin-film solar photovoltaics (PV) …

Water-assisted lift-off process for flexible CdTe solar cells

SS Bista, DB Li, S Rijal, S Neupane… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In recent years, various lift-off methods have been developed to fabricate lightweight and
flexible cadmium telluride (CdTe)-based solar cells. In this work, we report flexible cadmium …

Effects of absorber near-interface compensation on Cd (Se, Te) solar cell performance

B Good, E Colegrove, MO Reese - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2022 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) has been shown to be an effective p-type dopant for CdTe, although high
performance in As-doped devices remains difficult to achieve. Arsenic is prone to self …

Investigating the role of copper in arsenic doped Cd (Se, Te) photovoltaics

E Colegrove, B Good, A Abbas, H Moutinho… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
The open circuit voltage (V OC) deficit in Cd (Se, Te)-based photovoltaics remains a critical
obstacle for pushing the technology closer to theoretical performance limits. Arsenic doping …

Charge Carrier Lifetime Determination in Graded Absorber Solar Cells Using Time‐Resolved Photoluminescence Simulations and Measurements

AM Bothwell, CL Reich, AH Danielson, A Onno… - Solar …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thin‐film photovoltaic device efficiencies are limited by carrier recombination, thus
understanding recombination mechanisms is critical for performance improvements. Bulk …

Thermomechanical Cleave of Polycrystalline CdTe Solar Cells and its Applications: A Review

DL McGott, CL Perkins, MO Reese - Solar RRL, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
One of the primary research challenges for cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells is
addressing its open‐circuit voltage (VOC) deficit. While theoretical studies and single crystal …

Enabling high efficiency, flexible, and lightweight CdTe solar cells with a cadmium stannate transparent conducting oxide

MK Jamarkattel, AB Phillips, E Bastola… - 2023 IEEE 50th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fabrication of high-efficiency solar cells using a light weight, flexible substrate has been a
challenge due to the high-temperature device fabrication processes. One substrate that can …

Understanding the Dopability of As in Selenium-Alloyed Cadmium Telluride Solar Cells

X Xiang, A Gehrke, S Dunham - 2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) and its alloy CdTeSe are widely used in optoelectronic devices,
such as radiation detectors and solar cells, due to their superior electrical properties …