Cadmium sulfide/copper sulfide heterojunction cell research. Semi-annual report, January 1, 1978-June 30, 1978

Technical Report · Sat Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:5990050

The conversion efficiency of CdS/Cu/sub 2/S cells has been raised to 9.15% during this reporting period. A technique has been developed for probing the collection field in the CdS side of the heterojunction and further photon accounting for the high efficiency CdS/Cu/sub 2/S textured cell has been performed. Production of low resistance (CdZn)S films with appropriate morphology for the production of high efficiency cells has been developed. A theoretical analysis of the superposition principle and its application to CdS/Cu/sub 2/S solar cells and other photovoltaic junctions has been carried out and published. A review of all available data on the stability of CdS/Cu/sub 2/S cells was carried out and the results presented at the National Bureau of Standards Symposium on solar cell stability.

• Research Organization: Delaware Univ., Newark (USA). Inst. of Energy Conversion
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-77ET20430
• OSTI ID: 5990050
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/20430-T1; ON: DE81025666
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140501* -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Photovoltaic Conversion
CADMIUM COMPOUNDS
CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS
CADMIUM SULFIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
COPPER SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
EQUIPMENT
FILMS
HETEROJUNCTIONS
INORGANIC PHOSPHORS
JUNCTIONS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PHOSPHORS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RECOMBINATION
ROUGHNESS
SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
STABILITY
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SURFACE PROPERTIES
ZINC COMPOUNDS
ZINC SULFIDES