Improved efficiency of Cu (In, Ga) Se2 thinfilm solar cells using a buffer layer alternative to CdS

YZ Hamri, Y Bourezig, M Medles, M Ameri, K Toumi… - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The chalcopyrite semiconductor CuInSe 2 and its constitutes Ga and/or S [Cu (InGa) Se 2 or
Cu (InGa)(Se, S) 2], commonly referred as CIGS have been leading thinfilms for …

Impact of precursor type on physical, morphological, microstructural, and optical properties of CdZnS nanoparticles for photodegradation applications

KA Mohammed, A Kareem, MA Alkhafaji… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract In current work, Cadmium Zinc Sulfide (CdZnS) nanoparticles (NPs) prepared by
chemical co-precipitation technique without using any capping agents. Effect of Zinc source …

Optical and structural properties of vacuum annealed multilayer nanostructured CdZnS thin films deposited by thermal evaporation

K Bashir, A Ali, M Ashraf, N Mehboob, A Zaman - Optical materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The CdS and multilayers of CdS and Zn thin films were deposited on glass substrates by
thermal evaporation. Subsequently, deposited films were annealed under a high vacuum to …

Development of chalcogenide solar cells: Importance of CdS window layer

D Lilhare, A Khare - Opto-Electronics Review, 2020 - yadda.icm.edu.pl
The solar photovoltaic technology is one of the renewable technologies with the potential to
shape a future-proof, reliable, scalable and affordable electricity system. It is important to …

[PDF][PDF] Energy band gaps and optical absorption properties of the CdZnS and CdZnS: PEO thin films prepared by chemical bath deposition

MA Husseina, KA Mohammedb, RA Talibc - Chalcogenide Letters, 2022 - chalcogen.ro
Because of their widespread application in the construction of photovoltaic and solar cells
and optoelectronics equipment, Chalcogenide II-VI semiconductors have caught the …

A modeling study on utilizing In2S3 as a buffer layer in CIGS-based solar cells

N Beyrami, M Saadat, Z Sohbatzadeh - Journal of Computational …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract In Cu (In1− x, Ga x) Se (CIGS)-based solar cells, the cadmium sulfide (CdS) layer is
conventionally used as a buffer layer. In the current study, the CdS layer was replaced by the …

Facile synthesis of CdZnS QDs: Effects of different capping agents on the photoluminescence properties

M Masab, H Muhammad, F Shah, M Yasir… - Materials Science in …, 2018 - Elsevier
The luminescent semiconductor QDs are important materials because of applications in
lasers, sensors, light-emitting diodes, biomedical labeling, biomedical imaging and solar …

Role of Bi3+ ions on structural, optical, photoluminescence and electrical performance of Cd0.9-xZn0.1BixS QDs

A Krishnamoorthy, P Sakthivel, I Devadoss… - SN Applied …, 2021 - Springer
In this work, the Cd0. 9-xZn0. 1BixS QDs with different compositions of Bi3+ ions (0≤ x≤
0.05) were synthesized using a facile chemical route. The prepared QDs were characterized …

Study of ZnS/CdS structures for solar cells applications

RH Castillo, M Acosta, I Riech, G Santana-Rodríguez… - Optik, 2017 - Elsevier
ZnS/CdS bilayers were prepared by non-reactive RF magnetron sputtering. The bilayers
were post-annealed from 100° C to 500° C. The films were characterized by X-ray diffraction …

An investigation on structural and optical properties of nanocolumnar ZnTe thin films grown by glancing angle technique

R Zarei, MH Ehsani, HR Dizaji - Materials Research Express, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract In this paper, Zinc Telluride (ZnTe) thin films have been deposited on glass
substrate by glancing angle deposition (GLAD) technique at different flux angles. The …