Photoelectrochemical properties of spray deposited n-CdSe thin films

Journal Article · Sat May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Solar Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SOLENER.2010.01.026· OSTI ID:21318376

Yadav, A A; Barote, M A; Masumdar, E U ^[1]

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1. Thin Film Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Electronics and Photonics, Rajarshi Shahu Mahavidyalaya, Latur 413512, Maharashtra (India)

Polycrystalline cadmium selenide (CdSe) thin films have been prepared by spraying a mixture of an equimolar aqueous solutions of cadmium chloride and selenourea on preheated fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) coated glass substrates at different substrate temperatures. The cell configuration n-CdSe/1 M (NaOH + Na{sub 2}S + S)/C is used for studying the capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics in dark, current-voltage (I-V) characteristics in dark and under illumination, photovoltaic power output and spectral response characteristics of the as deposited films. Photoelectrochemical study shows that as deposited CdSe thin films exhibits n-type of conductivity. The spectral response characteristics of the films at room temperature show a prominent sharp peak at 725 nm. The measured values of efficiency ({eta}) and fill factor (FF) are found to be 0.50% and 0.44 respectively for film deposited at 300 C. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy studies show that the CdSe film deposited at 300 C shows better performance in PEC cell. (author)

• OSTI ID: 21318376
• Journal Information: Solar Energy, Vol. 84, Issue 5; Other Information: Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved; ISSN 0038-092X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
CADMIUM SELENIDES
THIN FILMS
AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
SODIUM SULFIDES
TIN OXIDES
CADMIUM CHLORIDES
FILL FACTORS
FLUORINE
SODIUM HYDROXIDES
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K
CADMIUM
CAPACITANCE
PYROLYSIS
SPRAYS
DOPED MATERIALS
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
CADMIUM SELENIDE SOLAR CELLS
SPECTRAL RESPONSE
EFFICIENCY
POLYCRYSTALS
SUBSTRATES
ELECTRIC CURRENTS
GLASS
ILLUMINANCE
PEAKS
PERFORMANCE
SYNTHESIS
N-TYPE CONDUCTORS
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Chalcogenides