Flexible CIGS, CdTe and a-Si: H based thin film solar cells: A review

J Ramanujam, DM Bishop, TK Todorov… - Progress in Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Flexible thin film solar cells such as CIGS, CdTe, and a-Si: H have received worldwide
attention. Until now, Si solar cells dominate the photovoltaic market. Its production cost is a …

CdTe-based thin film solar cells: past, present and future

A Romeo, E Artegiani - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
CdTe is a very robust and chemically stable material and for this reason its related solar cell
thin film photovoltaic technology is now the only thin film technology in the first 10 top …

Recent progress towards photovoltaics' circular economy

MKH Rabaia, C Semeraro, AG Olabi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Massive expansions in the global population and the global digitalization throughout the
industrial revolution are causing energy security issues that are no longer environmentally …

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 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 …

Photovoltaic performance enhancement in CdTe thin-film heterojunction solar cell with Sb2S3 as hole transport layer

S Rahman, SR Al Ahmed - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, we design a novel cadmium telluride (CdTe)-based solar structure with
antimony sulfide (Sb 2 S 3) as hole transport layer (HTL). One Dimensional Solar Cell …

Design of a highly efficient CdTe-based dual-heterojunction solar cell with 44% predicted efficiency

A Kuddus, ABM Ismail, J Hossain - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this article, we theoretically demonstrate highly efficient cadmium telluride (CdTe)-based
dual-heterojunction solar cells (DHSCs) with incorporating cadmium selenide (CdSe) and …

The history of photovoltaics with emphasis on CdTe solar cells and modules

A Bosio, S Pasini, N Romeo - Coatings, 2020 - mdpi.com
Among thin-film photovoltaic technology, cadmium telluride (CdTe) has achieved a truly
impressive development that can commercially compete with silicon, which is still the king of …

Overview on different types of solar cells: an update

H Soonmin, Hardani, P Nandi, BS Mwankemwa… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Solar energy is free from noise and environmental pollution. It could be used to replace non-
renewable sources such as fossil fuels, which are in limited supply and have negative …

Interface engineering for 25% CdTe solar cells

T Ablekim, E Colegrove… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Buffer layers, such as CdS and Mg x Zn1–x O (MZO), are critical for CdTe and other thin film
polycrystalline solar cells. A ternary compound, such as MZO, allows for interface …