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 …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Cadmium telluride/cadmium sulfide thin films solar cells: a review

RS Kapadnis, SB Bansode, AT Supekar… - ES Energy & …, 2020 - espublisher.com
The efficiency and steadiness of solar cells are dependent on the experimental conditions
during the fabrication of the device. In the present review, development in the last few …

Strengthening the case for recycling photovoltaics: An energy payback analysis

M Goe, G Gaustad - Applied Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
The energy payback time (EPBT) of photovoltaic materials when recycled is analyzed. In
particular we are interested in under what conditions recycling yields energy payback …

Rapid thermal evaporation of Bi2S3 layer for thin film photovoltaics

H Song, X Zhan, D Li, Y Zhou, B Yang, K Zeng… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
Bi 2 S 3 is a promising inorganic material for thin film photovoltaic application with optimum
direct band gap of~ 1.3 eV, strong absorption coefficient, nontoxic and simple composition …

Synthesis and characterization of chemical spray pyrolysed CZTS thin films for solar cell applications

K Diwate, K Mohite, M Shinde, S Rondiya, A Pawbake… - Energy Procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
In present work, thin films of CZTS have been prepared by chemical spray pyrolysis (CSP)
by spraying precursor solution directly onto the soda lime glass (SLG) substrates by varying …

Dependence of efficiency of thin-film CdS/CdTe solar cell on optical and recombination losses

HA Mohamed - Journal of applied Physics, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Thin-film CdS/CdTe solar cells fabricated on glass substrates have been considered as one
of the most promising candidates for large-scale applications in the field of photovoltaic …

Graded-bandgap solar cells using all-electrodeposited ZnS, CdS and CdTe thin-films

OK Echendu, IM Dharmadasa - Energies, 2015 - mdpi.com
A 3-layer graded-bandgap solar cell with glass/FTO/ZnS/CdS/CdTe/Au structure has been
fabricated using all-electrodeposited ZnS, CdS and CdTe thin layers. The three …

Design of a high efficiency ultrathin CdS/CdTe solar cell using back surface field and backside distributed Bragg reflector

S Khosroabadi, SH Keshmiri - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
A high efficiency CdS/CdTe solar cell was designed with a reduced CdTe absorber-layer
thickness and a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) as an optical reflector and a ZnTe layer as …

Characterization of thin film PV modules under standard test conditions: Results of indoor and outdoor measurements and the effects of sunlight exposure

MA Muñoz-García, O Marin, MC Alonso-García… - Solar Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic modules based on thin film technology are gaining importance in the
photovoltaic market, and module installers and plant owners have increasingly begun to …