Thin Film Solar Cells Based on n-type Polycrystalline CdTe Absorber

Vasilios Palekis, Imran Khan, Shamara Collins, Chih An Hsu, Sudhajit Misra, Michael A. Scarpulla, Yong Hang Zhang, Don Morel, Chris Ferekides

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Abstract

The effect of Indium (In) doping on CdTe thin film solar cells was investigated. CdTe thin films were deposited using the elemental vapor transport (EVT) technique under various Cd/Te gas phase ratios and In vapor concentrations. TCO/Buffer/n-CdTe/p-ZnTe solar cells have been fabricated and characterized. Indium doping has been found to affect the device performance. Capacitance-voltage (C-V) measurements revealed that net n-type doping increased with In concentration during the EVT deposition. Spectral response (SR) measurements indicated an enhanced carrier collection at higher In concentrations. The open-circuit voltage (\text{V}-{mathbf {OC}}) and fill factor (FF) of the devices was found to increase with increased n-type doping and therefore builtin voltage. To-date n-type CdTe solar cells yielded devices with \text{V}-{mathbf {OC}} \quad = 730 mV, \text{J}-{mathbf {SC}} \quad = 20 mA/cm{mathbf {2}} {, \mathbf {FF}} =textbf 62 % and efficiency near 9 %.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1937-1942
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538685297
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 26 2018
Event7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - Waikoloa Village, United States
Duration: Jun 10 2018Jun 15 2018

Publication series

Name2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC

Other

Other7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWaikoloa Village
Period6/10/186/15/18

Keywords

  • Cadmium telluride
  • doping
  • indium
  • photovoltaic cells
  • zinc telluride

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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