[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Passivation strategies for enhancing device performance of perovskite solar cells

Z Wu, E Bi, LK Ono, D Li, OM Bakr, Y Yan, Y Qi - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Because of high efficiencies and low-cost fabrication, perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have
drawn great attention. Although an impressive power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 26 …

Chalcogenide perovskites: tantalizing prospects, challenging materials

KV Sopiha, C Comparotto, JA Márquez… - Advanced Optical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chalcogenide perovskites have recently emerged into the spotlight as highly robust, earth
abundant, and nontoxic candidates for various energy conversion applications, not least …

Research progress in doped absorber layer of CdTe solar cells

Y Wang, G Wang, Y Zhou, Q Xie, J Chen… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
CdTe thin film solar cell, as an outstanding representative of the second-generation solar
cells, has been produced and applied on a large scale. However, due to the low …

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 …

Understanding what limits the voltage of polycrystalline CdSeTe solar cells

A Onno, C Reich, S Li, A Danielson, W Weigand… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
The origin of voltage deficits in polycrystalline cadmium selenide telluride (CdSeTe) solar
cells is unclear. Here, we present a comprehensive voltage loss analysis performed on state …

Understanding the role of selenium in defect passivation for highly efficient selenium-alloyed cadmium telluride solar cells

TAM Fiducia, BG Mendis, K Li, CRM Grovenor… - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
Electricity produced by cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic modules is the lowest-cost
electricity in the solar industry, and now undercuts fossil fuel-based sources in many regions …

[HTML][HTML] 3D/2D passivation as a secret to success for polycrystalline thin-film solar cells

DL McGott, CP Muzzillo, CL Perkins, JJ Berry, K Zhu… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Polycrystalline photovoltaic materials offer low costs and good scalability; however, grain
boundaries in these materials are extended defects, which can drastically increase carrier …

[HTML][HTML] An overview on the role of ZnTe as an efficient interface in CdTe thin film solar cells: a review

D Suthar, S Chuhadiya, R Sharma, MS Dhaka - Materials Advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The present era of cutting edge technology requires environmentally friendly alternative
energy resources due to the limited fuel reserves and the emission of pollutants associated …

Impact of carrier concentration and carrier lifetime on MgZnO/CdSeTe/CdTe solar cells

R Pandey, T Shimpi, A Munshi… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The performance impact of multiple parameters related to the use of MgZnO (MZO) as the
emitter for bilayer CdSeTe/CdTe solar cells has been investigated in detail through …