Indium phosphide/cadmium sulfide thin-film solar cells. Quarterly technical progress report No. 1, June 1979-August 1979

Technical Report · Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5321916· OSTI ID:5321916

Zanio, K.

Cadmium sulfide and InP thin films were prepared by thermal evaporation and planar reactive deposition, respectively. Polycrystalline CdS films up to 10 ..mu..m thick showed absorption losses of less than 10% over the 0.6- to 1.0-..mu..m wavelength range. A threefold increase in lateral grain size was achieved when CdS/ITO/GLASS structures were partially recrystallized in flowing H/sub 2/S/Ar at 550/sup 0/C. InP deposited onto (100) InP semiinsulating substrate at substrate temperatures as low as 260/sup 0/C was n-type with room-temperature mobilities as high as 1500 cm/sup 2//Vsec. The CdS and InP films were integrated into an all-thin-film InP/CdS/ITO/GLASS structure.

• Research Organization: Hughes Research Labs., Malibu, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EG-77-C-01-4042
• OSTI ID: 5321916
• Report Number(s): DSE-4042-T9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
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DEPOSITION
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
INDIUM PHOSPHIDE SOLAR CELLS
INDIUM PHOSPHIDES
CARRIER MOBILITY
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
EVAPORATION
FILMS
GRAIN BOUNDARIES
PASSIVATION
RECRYSTALLIZATION
CADMIUM COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
EQUIPMENT
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INORGANIC PHOSPHORS
MICROSTRUCTURE
MOBILITY
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHOSPHIDES
PHOSPHORS
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PNICTIDES
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
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