CdTe colloidal-gel: Synthesis and thin films deposition applied to solar cells

Antonio Arce-Plaza; F. J. Sánchez-Rodríguez; Maykel Courel; Rene Pérez-Cuapio; J. A. Alvarado; J. Roque; M. Ortega-López

doi:10.1016/j.mssp.2021.105871

CdTe colloidal-gel: Synthesis and thin films deposition applied to solar cells

Antonio Arce-Plaza, F. J. Sánchez-Rodríguez, Maykel Courel, Rene Pérez-Cuapio, J. A. Alvarado, J. Roque, M. Ortega-López

Escuela Superior de Ingeniería y Arquitectura (ESIA), Unidad Zacatenco

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A novel process of cadmium telluride (CdTe) synthesis and deposition applied in solar cells technology is presented in this research. Solar cells proposed; were manufactured using chemical deposition techniques, at low temperatures and without vacuum which let us reduce production costs. A configuration of Glass/SnO2:F/CdS/CdTe/Ag was chosen in order to assemble the photovoltaic device. As prior mentioned a simple Dr. Blade technique was used for CdTe thin films deposition (1.1 μm) in average thickness. These films were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), photoluminescence (PL), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersion spectroscopy (EDX). The obtained results analysis demonstrated an enhanced property for photovoltaic devices applications. Thus the photovoltaic effect was studied by J-V analysis.

Original language	English
Article number	105871
Journal	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing
Volume	131
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2021.105871
State	Published - 15 Aug 2021

Keywords

CdTe thin film
Chemical technique
Colloidal gel
Dr. Blade
Low cost technique
Solar cell

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CdTe colloidal-gel: Synthesis and thin films deposition applied to solar cells

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