The effects of CdS processing and glass substrates on the performance of CdTe solar cells
- Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Cadmium Sulfide films prepared by rf sputtering and close spaced sublimation (CSS) have been used for the fabrication of CdTe/CdS thin film solar cells on borosilicate glass substrates. The CdTe layer was prepared by CSS at high processing temperatures (600 C). CdS films prepared by the chemical bath deposition process (CBD) were deposited on tin oxide coated soda lime glass substrates. For these devices the CSS CdTe films were prepared at low substrate temperatures (< 550 C). Devices prepared at low processing temperatures (CdTe-CSS/CdS-CBD) on soda lime glass substrates exhibited efficiencies in excess of 13% as measured under AM 1.5 conditions at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
- OSTI ID:
- 208019
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941203--; ISBN 0-7803-1459-X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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