Incorporation of an efficient β-In2S3 thin film as window material into CdTe photovoltaic devices

Uziel Galarza-Gutierrez; M. Lourdes Albor-Aguilera; Miguel A. Gonzalez-Trujillo; Cesar Hernandez-Vasquez; J. Angelica Ortega-Cardenas; Jose M. Flores-Marquez; Francisco Cruz-Gandarilla; Daniel Ramírez-Rosales; Rogelio Mendoza-Pérez; Gabriela Rueda-Morales; Jorge R. Aguilar-Hernandez; Hernani Yee-Madeira

doi:10.1088/2053-1591/ab5508

Incorporation of an efficient β-In₂S₃ thin film as window material into CdTe photovoltaic devices

Uziel Galarza-Gutierrez, M. Lourdes Albor-Aguilera, Miguel A. Gonzalez-Trujillo, Cesar Hernandez-Vasquez, J. Angelica Ortega-Cardenas, Jose M. Flores-Marquez, Francisco Cruz-Gandarilla, Daniel Ramírez-Rosales, Rogelio Mendoza-Pérez, Gabriela Rueda-Morales, Jorge R. Aguilar-Hernandez, Hernani Yee-Madeira

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Abstract

Polycrystalline thin film CdS has been used as window material in photovoltaic solar cells. Its ideal band gap (2.45 eV), low resistivity and electron affinity made this material the most used in photovoltaic engineering; However, nowadays a cadmium free material with similar properties is necessary. β-In₂S₃ has shown adequate physical properties to be applied on CdTe, CIGS, CIS and CZTS solar cells. β-In₂S₃ thin films were grown by chemical bath deposition technique and thermally treated under different conditions. Their structural, optical, morphological and electrical properties were studied, and efficient cadmium free window layer was obtained and implemented on CdTe solar cells. The presented results are discussed.

Original language	English
Article number	125510
Journal	Materials Research Express
Volume	6
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab5508
State	Published - 15 Nov 2019

Keywords

cadmium reduced solar cells
indium sulfide
novel window material

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Galarza-Gutierrez, U., Albor-Aguilera, M. L., Gonzalez-Trujillo, M. A., Hernandez-Vasquez, C., Ortega-Cardenas, J. A., Flores-Marquez, J. M., Cruz-Gandarilla, F., Ramírez-Rosales, D., Mendoza-Pérez, R., Rueda-Morales, G., Aguilar-Hernandez, J. R., & Yee-Madeira, H. (2019). Incorporation of an efficient β-In₂S₃ thin film as window material into CdTe photovoltaic devices. Materials Research Express, 6(12), Article 125510. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab5508

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