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 …

Back contacts materials used in thin film CdTe solar cells—A review

RS Hall, D Lamb, SJC Irvine - Energy Science & Engineering, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
CdTe is the leading commercial thin film photovoltaic technology with current record
laboratory efficiency (22.1%). However, there is much potential for progress toward the …

A numerical simulation of high efficiency CdS/CdTe based solar cell using NiO HTL and ZnO TCO

S Ahmmed, A Aktar, MF Rahman, J Hossain… - Optik, 2020 - Elsevier
Simulation of cadmium sulfide (CdS) and cadmium telluride (CdTe) based solar cell
(ZnO/CdS/CdTe/NiO/Au) using Solar Cell Capacitance Simulator-1D (SCAPS-1D) has been …

Modeling and simulation of tin sulfide (SnS)-based solar cell using ZnO as transparent conductive oxide (TCO) and NiO as hole transport layer (HTL)

A Umar, P Tiwari, Sadanand, V Srivastava, P Lohia… - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper describes the simulation by Solar Cell Capacitance Simulator-1D (SCAPS-1D)
software of ZnO/CdS/SnS/NiO/Au solar cells, in which zinc oxide (ZnO) is used as …

Brief review of cadmium telluride-based photovoltaic technologies

BM Başol, B McCandless - Journal of photonics for Energy, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) is the most commercially successful thin-film photovoltaic
technology. Development of CdTe as a solar cell material dates back to the early 1980s …

Low substrate temperature CdTe solar cells: A review

A Romeo, E Artegiani, D Menossi - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
CdTe photovoltaic technology is one of the first being brought into production together with
amorphous silicon (already in the mid 90s Solar Cells Inc. in USA, Antec Solar and BP Solar …

Role of molybdenum oxide for organic electronics: Surface analytical studies

C Wang, I Irfan, X Liu, Y Gao - … of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Extensive studies have been conducted on molybdenum oxide since it has outstanding
properties as an insertion layer for efficient charge injection and extraction in organic …

Numerical Simulation and Optimization of n-Al-ZnO/n-CdS/p-CIGS/p-Si/p-MoOx/Mo Tandem Solar Cell

A Ait Abdelkadir, E Oublal, M Sahal, BM Soucase… - Silicon, 2023 - Springer
CdS/CIGS mono junction is a potential approach to produce an ultra-high efficiency and low-
cost all-thin-film solar cell. In this article, a conventional mono junction with a maximum …

The effect of thermal evaporated MoO3 intermediate layer as primary back contact for kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells

J Park, J Huang, K Sun, Z Ouyang, F Liu, C Yan, H Sun… - Thin Solid Films, 2018 - Elsevier
In this research, we present thermal evaporated MoO 3 layer as a primary back contact for
pure sulphide Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 solar cells. The effects of incorporating MoO 3 in primary back …

Modification of Mo Back Contact with MoO3−x Layer and its Effect to Enhance the Performance of Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells

L Liu, TK Lau, Z Zhi, L Huang, S Wang, X Xiao - Solar RRL, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) has been investigated intensively as a promising absorber
material for thin film solar cells. However, the reported best power conversion efficiency …