Study of chemical bath deposited CdS bi-layers and their performance in CdS/CdTe solar cell applications

M. Estela Calixto; M. Tufiño-Velázquez; G. Contreras-Puente; O. Vigil-Galán; M. Jiménez-Escamilla; R. Mendoza-Perez; J. Sastré-Hernández; A. Morales-Acevedo

doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2007.12.009

Study of chemical bath deposited CdS bi-layers and their performance in CdS/CdTe solar cell applications

M. Estela Calixto, M. Tufiño-Velázquez, G. Contreras-Puente, O. Vigil-Galán, M. Jiménez-Escamilla, R. Mendoza-Perez, J. Sastré-Hernández, A. Morales-Acevedo

Escuela Superior de Física y Matemáticas (ESFM)

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Studies on chemical bath deposited CdS bi-layers are reported. The deposition process consisted in depositing first a CdS layer at 75 °C for 10 min and then a second CdS film was deposited at 40 °C for 45 min to form the bi-layer. By depositing the second CdS film at a lower temperature we could increase the surface covering which allows us to have a better control of the kinetics of the bi-layer growth. In this work, four different structures were prepared and their optical properties studied. Prototype CdTe/CdS devices were developed using these samples. Results of the spectral response and the photovoltaic parameters of these four different structures of CdS/CdTe solar cells are presented and discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7004-7007
Number of pages	4
Journal	Thin Solid Films
Volume	516
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2007.12.009
State	Published - 30 Aug 2008

Keywords

Bi-layers
CBD
CdS
CdS/CdTe
Solar cells

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