Synthesis of CdSexTe1-x/CdTe for Graded Solar Cells: Preprint

Conference · Thu Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2019

OSTI ID:1529862

Zheng, Xin ^[1]; Kuciauskas, Darius  ^[1]; Moseley, John ^[1]; Colegrove, Eric M  ^[1]; Albin, David S ^[1]; Moutinho, Helio R ^[1]; Duenow, Joel N ^[1]; Harvey, Steven P  ^[1]; Tuerxunjiang, Abulikemu  ^[1]; Ferguson, Andrew J  ^[1]; Sivananthan, Siva ^[2]; Metzger, Wyatt K ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
2. University of Illionis at Chicago

Here, we have developed CdSexTe1-x/CdTe bilayer deposition for graded solar cell technolgoly. Smoothly graded Se profiles with > 16% efficiency with Jsc=28 mA/cm2 and 20-ns bulk lifetime has been observed. The CdSeTe reveals longer carrier lifetimes than CdTe within the same device.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1529862
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-5K00-73154
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at the 46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 46), 16-21 June 2019, Chicago, Illinois
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
CdSeTe/CdTe gradient absorber
charge carrier lifetime
photovoltaic cells
closed-space sublimation
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