[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 …

A comprehensive review on current performance, challenges and progress in thin-film solar cells

S Sivaraj, R Rathanasamy, GV Kaliyannan, H Panchal… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to the recent surge in silicon demand for solar modules, thin-film photovoltaic (PV)
modules have a potential to penetrate the market in significant numbers. As an alternate …

Highly improved light harvesting and photovoltaic performance in CdTe solar cell with functional designed 1D-photonic crystal via light management engineering

Ç Çetinkaya, E Çokduygulular, B Kınacı… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Photonic-based functional designs and integrations for advanced optoelectronic devices are
regarded as promising candidates considering the enhancement of efficiency and tunability …

Photovoltaic review of all generations: environmental impact and its market potential

R Chawla, P Singhal, AK Garg - Transactions on Electrical and Electronic …, 2020 - Springer
With the technology and innovation rising at its peak, the demand for energy has increased
exponentially. To cater this, researchers are persistently exploring ways to fulfil this deficit …

Applications of spectroscopic ellipsometry for multilayer analysis of CdTe solar cell structures incorporating Magnesium–Zinc oxide high resistivity transparent layers

MAR Alaani, P Koirala, B Ramanujam, A Shan… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
An optical function parameterization of polycrystalline Mg x Zn 1-x O (MZO) thin films as a
function of bandgap E g has been utilized in applications for the metrology of CdTe-based …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancement of the photocurrent and efficiency of CdTe solar cells suppressing the front contact reflection using a highly-resistive ZnO buffer layer

G Kartopu, BL Williams, V Zardetto, AK Gürlek… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
We report on the effects of using an atomic layer deposited ZnO transparent buffer layer
with> 10 6 Ω cm resistivity on the performance of CdZnS/CdTe solar cells grown by …

Numerical Simulation and Performance Optimization of a Solar Cell Based on WO3/CdTe Heterostructure Using NiO as HTL Layer by SCAPS 1D

JCZ Medina, ER Andrés, CM Ruíz, EC Espinosa… - Coatings, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this paper, a solar cell based on WO 3/CdTe heterojunction was analyzed and optimized,
for which the following structure of the Al/AZO/WO 3/CdTe/NiO/Ni device was proposed …

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 …

Interface modification to enhance electron extraction by deposition of a ZnMgO buffer on SnO2-coated FTO in CdTe solar cells

S Ren, H Li, C Lei, C Li, X Yin, L Wu, W Li, J Zhang… - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Achieving high open-circuit voltage (V oc) for CdTe thin film solar cells is challenging. We
report that a ZnMgO (ZMO) buffer can improve V oc and the performance of CdTe solar cells …

Performance simulation of solar cell based on AZO/CdTe heterostructure by SCAPS 1D software

JCZ Medina, ER Andrés, CM Ruíz, EC Espinosa… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Simulation and analysis of solar cells based on the heterojunction of zinc oxide doped with
aluminum (AZO) and cadmium telluride (CdTe) with the structure (Al/AZO/CdTe/NiO/Ni) …