Cadmium telluride solar cells: Record-breaking voltages
Abstract
Here, the performance of CdTe solar cells — cheaper alternatives to silicon photovoltaics — is hampered by their low output voltages, which are normally well below the theoretical limit. Now, record voltages of over 1 V have been reported in single-crystal CdTe heterostructure solar cells, which are close to those of benchmark GaAs cells.
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1267052
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Energy
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 1; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2058-7546
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY
Citation Formats
Poplawsky, Jonathan D. Cadmium telluride solar cells: Record-breaking voltages. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1038/nenergy.2016.21.
Poplawsky, Jonathan D. Cadmium telluride solar cells: Record-breaking voltages. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2016.21
Poplawsky, Jonathan D. Fri .
"Cadmium telluride solar cells: Record-breaking voltages". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2016.21. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1267052.
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title = {Cadmium telluride solar cells: Record-breaking voltages},
author = {Poplawsky, Jonathan D.},
abstractNote = {Here, the performance of CdTe solar cells — cheaper alternatives to silicon photovoltaics — is hampered by their low output voltages, which are normally well below the theoretical limit. Now, record voltages of over 1 V have been reported in single-crystal CdTe heterostructure solar cells, which are close to those of benchmark GaAs cells.},
doi = {10.1038/nenergy.2016.21},
journal = {Nature Energy},
number = 3,
volume = 1,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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