Characterization of CBD-CdS layers with different S/Cd ratios in the chemical bath and their relation with the efficiency of CdS/CdTe solar cells

O. Vigil-Galán; A. Morales-Acevedo; F. Cruz-Gandarilla; M. G. Jiménez-Escamilla; J. Aguilar-Hernández; G. Contreras-Puente; J. Sastré-Hernández; E. Sánchez-Meza; M. L. Ramón-Garcia

doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2006.12.094

Characterization of CBD-CdS layers with different S/Cd ratios in the chemical bath and their relation with the efficiency of CdS/CdTe solar cells

O. Vigil-Galán, A. Morales-Acevedo, F. Cruz-Gandarilla, M. G. Jiménez-Escamilla, J. Aguilar-Hernández, G. Contreras-Puente, J. Sastré-Hernández, E. Sánchez-Meza, M. L. Ramón-Garcia

Escuela Superior de Física y Matemáticas (ESFM)

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Abstract

In previous papers we have reported the improvement of the efficiency of CdS/CdTe solar cells by varying the thiourea/CdCl₂ ratio (R_tc) in the chemical bath solution used for the deposition of the CdS layers. In this work, a more complete study concerning the physical properties of Chemical Bath Deposited (CBD) CdS layers studied by photoluminescence, X-ray diffraction and optical spectroscopy are correlated to the I-V characteristics under AM 1.5 sunlight and the spectral response of CdS/CdTe solar cells. It is confirmed that the optimum R_tc for the CBD CdS films is R_tc = 5, since in this case the best solar cells were obtained and these films show the better optical and structural characteristics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6085-6088
Number of pages	4
Journal	Thin Solid Films
Volume	515
Issue number	15 SPEC. ISS.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2006.12.094
State	Published - 31 May 2007

Keywords

CBD growth method
CdS thin films
Physical properties
Solar cell characterization

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Vigil-Galán, O., Morales-Acevedo, A., Cruz-Gandarilla, F., Jiménez-Escamilla, M. G., Aguilar-Hernández, J., Contreras-Puente, G., Sastré-Hernández, J., Sánchez-Meza, E., & Ramón-Garcia, M. L. (2007). Characterization of CBD-CdS layers with different S/Cd ratios in the chemical bath and their relation with the efficiency of CdS/CdTe solar cells. Thin Solid Films, 515(15 SPEC. ISS.), 6085-6088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2006.12.094

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