Published October 2019
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Journal article
Spray pyrolysis-coated nano-clustered CdTe on amorphous Si thin films for heterojunction solar cells
- 1. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amrita Center for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine (India)
Description
Heterojunction solar cells are demonstrated employing spray pyrolysis-processed nano-clustered cadmium telluride (CdTe) on DC-sputtered amorphous silicon (a-Si) as p- and n-type layers, respectively. CdTe and a-Si films were subjected to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic measurements showing Cd 3d (404.9 eV) and Te 3d (575.8 eV) peaks corresponding to CdTe while the peaks Si 2p (98.3 eV) and Si 2 s (148.3 eV) represent a-Si. Heterojunction solar cells with a stacked structure of FTO/a-Si/CdTe/Al resulted in a photo-conversion efficiency of 2.7% for an optimized thickness values of a-Si (1 µm) and CdTe (6 µm) films.
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Applied Nanoscience (Heidelberg. Internet)
- Journal Volume
- 9
- Journal Issue
- 7
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1479-1486
- ISSN
- 2190-5517
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- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 54075224
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CADMIUM; CADMIUM TELLURIDES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PYROLYSIS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; X RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DECOMPOSITION; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ELEMENTS; EQUIPMENT; FILMS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; METALS; PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RADIATIONS; SEMIMETALS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SPECTROSCOPY; TELLURIDES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
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- Copyright (c) 2019 King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology