Cadmium sulfide-copper sulfide heterojunction cell research. Quarterly progress report, December 1, 1979-February 29, 1980

Technical Report · Tue Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6782696· OSTI ID:6782696

Attempts have been continued to increase the short circuit current in cells of enhanced open circuit voltage. Both deposition of copper on the surface of the Cu/sub 2/S layer and hydrogen plasma treatments have been attempted. To date, no significant increase in ultimate current has been achieved. Various changes in cell production procedure have been made with significant improvements in reproducibility. Improvements in the structure of (CdZn)S layers and resulting cell properties have been achieved using modified substrates based on NiFe. Improvement have been made to the capacitance measuring systems with a consequent gain in resolution, accuracy and reproducibility. Structural studies of the electron beam deposited glass have revealed the presence of cracking and experiments have been carried out to determine the optimum deposition conditions for producing defect-free coatings.

• Research Organization: Delaware Univ., Newark (USA). Inst. of Energy Conversion
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-77CH00178
• OSTI ID: 6782696
• Report Number(s): SERI/PR-8309-1-T2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS
CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS
CHALCOGENIDES
COATINGS
COPPER
COPPER COMPOUNDS
COPPER SULFIDES
CRACKS
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
CURRENTS
DEFECTS
DEPOSITION
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELECTRIC CURRENTS
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELECTRODEPOSITION
ELECTROLYSIS
ELEMENTS
ENCAPSULATION
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
INORGANIC PHOSPHORS
IRON
LYSIS
METALS
NICKEL
PERFORMANCE
PHOSPHORS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SURFACE COATING
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
ZINC COMPOUNDS
ZINC SULFIDES