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MOCVD of II-VI HRT/Emitters for Voc Improvements to CdTe Solar Cells
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Ali Abbas,
Peter Siderfin,
Stephen Jones ,
Ana Teloeken,
Ochai Oklobia,
John M. Walls,
Stuart Irvine
Coatings, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Start page: 261
Swansea University Authors:
Andrew Clayton , Peter Siderfin, Ana Teloeken, Ochai Oklobia, Stuart Irvine
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DOI (Published version): 10.3390/coatings12020261
Abstract
CdTe solar cells were produced using metal organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD),which employed a (Zn,Al)S (AZS) high resistant transparent (HRT) layer at the transparent conductingoxide (TCO)/Cd(Zn)S emitter interface, to enable the higher annealing temperature of 440 ◦C to beemployed in the c...
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| ISSN: | 2079-6412 |
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MDPI AG
2022
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CdTe solar cells were produced using metal organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD),which employed a (Zn,Al)S (AZS) high resistant transparent (HRT) layer at the transparent conductingoxide (TCO)/Cd(Zn)S emitter interface, to enable the higher annealing temperature of 440 ◦C to beemployed in the chlorine heat treatment (CHT) process. The AZS HRT remained intact with conformalcoverage over the TCO after performing the high CHT annealing, confirmed by cross-section scanningtransmission electron microscopy coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (STEM-EDX)characterisation, which also revealed the Cd(Zn)S emitter layer having been consumed by theCdTe absorber via interdiffusion. The more aggressive CHT resulted in large CdTe grains. Thecombination of AZS HRT and aggressive CHT increased open circuit voltage (Voc) and improvedsolar cell performance. |
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MOCVD; CdTe; photovoltaics; STEM-EDX |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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Europe Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO) on the 2nd Solar Photovoltaic Academic Research Consortium (SPARC II) project, case number 81133, and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funded project EP/W000555/1 |
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2 |
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261 |