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 …

Review of the CdCl2 Treatment Used in CdS/CdTe Thin Film Solar Cell Development and New Evidence towards Improved Understanding

IM Dharmadasa - Coatings, 2014 - mdpi.com
Cadmium chloride treatment is a key processing step identified in the late 1970s to
drastically improve the solar to electric conversion efficiency of CdS/CdTe thin film solar …

[图书][B] Advances in thin-film solar cells

IM Dharmadasa - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
Solar energy conversion plays a very important role in the rapid introduction of renewable
energy, which is essential to meet future energy demands without further polluting the …

Effect of film thickness on microstructure parameters and optical constants of CdTe thin films

ER Shaaban, N Afify, A El-Taher - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2009 - Elsevier
Different thickness of cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin films was deposited onto glass
substrates by the thermal evaporation technique. Their structural characteristics were …

Understanding grain growth mechanism in vacuum evaporated CdTe thin films by different halide treatments: an evolution of ion size impact on physical properties for …

S Kumari, D Suthar, Himanshu, N Kumari… - Comments on …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In the present study, detailed investigation on postdeposition halides treatment using CdCl2,
CdI2, MgF2, MgCl2 and MgI2 is undertaken over thermally evaporated CdTe films. As …

Electroplating of semiconductor materials for applications in large area electronics: A review

AA Ojo, IM Dharmadasa - Coatings, 2018 - mdpi.com
The attributes of electroplating as a low-cost, simple, scalable, and manufacturable
semiconductor deposition technique for the fabrication of large-area and nanotechnology …

Fundamentals of solar cell physics revisited: Common pitfalls when reporting calculated and measured photocurrent density, open-circuit voltage, and efficiency of …

A Morales-Acevedo - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Very often, articles are found in the international literature reporting solar cells (single
junction) with efficiencies above the Shockley-Queisser limit. In other similar papers, the …

Electro-Plating and Characterisation of CdTe Thin Films Using CdCl2 as the Cadmium Source

NA Abdul-Manaf, HI Salim, ML Madugu, OI Olusola… - Energies, 2015 - mdpi.com
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin films have been successfully prepared from an aqueous
electrolyte bath containing cadmium chloride (CdCl2)· H2O and tellurium dioxide (TeO2) …

The effect of electrolytic solution pH on the properties of electrodeposited CdTe thin films for solar energy application

AU Yimamu, MA Afrassa, FB Dejene, OK Echendu… - Optical Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin films were synthesized by using a two-electrode
electrodeposition method on a conductive glass fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate …

Photovoltaic properties of nanocrystalline SnSe–CdS

DV Shinde, SK Min, MM Sung, NK Shrestha, RS Mane… - Materials Letters, 2014 - Elsevier
We report for the first time, a high performance photovoltaic cell utilizing earth abundant
absorber SnSe, fabricated in thin film form by electrodeposition technique. A solid state …