Physics and chemistry of CdTe/CdS thin film heterojunction photovoltaic devices: fundamental and critical aspects

SG Kumar, KSRK Rao - Energy & Environmental Science, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Among the armoury of photovoltaic materials, thin film heterojunction photovoltaics continue
to be a promising candidate for solar energy conversion delivering a vast scope in terms of …

Review of the CdCl2 Treatment Used in CdS/CdTe Thin Film Solar Cell Development and New Evidence towards Improved Understanding

IM Dharmadasa - Coatings, 2014 - mdpi.com
Cadmium chloride treatment is a key processing step identified in the late 1970s to
drastically improve the solar to electric conversion efficiency of CdS/CdTe thin film solar …

Structure and optical properties of polycrystalline ZnSe thin films: validity of Swanepol's approach for calculating the optical parameters

MF Hasaneen, ZA Alrowaili… - Materials Research …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Ultrasonically cleaned glass slides are used as substrates for receiving the different
thickness of Zinc selenide (ZnSe) films. The deposition processes of our investigated films …

Electroplating of semiconductor materials for applications in large area electronics: A review

AA Ojo, IM Dharmadasa - Coatings, 2018 - mdpi.com
The attributes of electroplating as a low-cost, simple, scalable, and manufacturable
semiconductor deposition technique for the fabrication of large-area and nanotechnology …

Optical, morphological and electrical studies of thermally vacuum evaporated CdTe thin films for photovoltaic applications

O Toma, L Ion, M Girtan, S Antohe - Solar energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) semiconductor thin films were obtained by thermal vacuum
evaporation (TVE) on optical glass substrates. The optical characterizations of CdTe thin …

CdCl2 treatment concentration evolution of physical properties correlation with surface morphology of CdTe thin films for solar cells

S Chander, MS Dhaka - Materials Research Bulletin, 2018 - Elsevier
The microstructural, optical and electrical properties of a thin film could be tuned by the post-
treatments such as high-temperature processing and CdCl 2 treatments. The microstructural …

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

IM Dharmadasa, AA Ojo - Journal of Materials Science: Materials in …, 2017 - Springer
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 …

Nb-doped TiO2 thin films for photovoltaic applications

T Potlog, P Dumitriu, M Dobromir, A Manole, D Luca - Materials & Design, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Polycrystalline titania and Nb: TiO 2 thin films were deposited by RF magnetron
sputtering. The influence of post-deposition annealing in vacuum and hydrogen atmosphere …

High-efficiency CdTe thin-film solar cell with a mono-grained CdS window layer

R Yang, D Wang, L Wan, D Wang - Rsc Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
High-crystalline-quality CdS thin films with a mono-grained layer of submicron grain size
were successfully fabricated. CdS thin films prepared by chemical bath deposition were re …

CdS thin film post-annealing and Te–S interdiffusion in a CdTe/CdS solar cell

X Mathew, JS Cruz, DR Coronado, AR Millán… - Solar Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Small area CdTe/CdS solar cells were fabricated using chemical bath deposited CdS and
CSS deposited CdTe thin films to investigate the interface properties related to the CdS …