CdTe-based thin film photovoltaics: Recent advances, current challenges and future prospects

MA Scarpulla, B McCandless, AB Phillips, Y Yan… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cadmium telluride (CdTe)-based cells have emerged as the leading commercialized thin
film photovoltaic technology and has intrinsically better temperature coefficients, energy …

Co-sublimation of CdSexTe1− x layers for CdTe solar cells

DE Swanson, JR Sites, WS Sampath - Solar Energy Materials and Solar …, 2017 - Elsevier
CdTe thin film solar cells have demonstrated efficiencies over 20%, but CdTe has a
somewhat higher band gap than optimal for single-junction terrestrial solar-cell power …

Photoelectrochemical detection of pentachlorophenol with a Multiple Hybrid CdSexTe1−x/TiO2 Nanotube Structure-Based Label-Free Immunosensor

Q Kang, L Yang, Y Chen, S Luo, L Wen, Q Cai… - Analytical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Driven by the urgent demand of detecting trace amounts of pentachlorophenol (PCP) in
contaminative water, a label-free immunosensor with ultra sensitivity and high selectivity …

Electro-optical characterization of arsenic-doped CdSeTe and CdTe solar cell absorbers doped in-situ during close space sublimation

A Danielson, C Reich, R Pandey, A Munshi… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Most contemporary device models predict that an acceptor concentration of at least 10 16
cm− 3 is required to reach an open circuit voltage of 1 V in polycrystalline CdTe-based solar …

Synthesis and band gap tuning in CdSe (1-x) Te (x) thin films for solar cell applications

TCM Santhosh, KV Bangera, GK Shivakumar - Solar Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Thin films of CdSe (1-x) Te (x)(x= 0–1) were grown on to the glass substrates by thermal
evaporation method (PVD). The effect of annealing duration on the formation of single phase …

Influence of precursor ratio and dopant concentration on the structure and optical properties of Cu-doped ZnCdSe-alloyed quantum dots

NX Ca, HT Van, PV Do, LD Thanh, PM Tan… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Tunable copper doped Zn1− xCdxS alloy quantum dots (QDs) were successfully
synthesized by the wet chemical method. A one-step method is developed to synthesize …

[HTML][HTML] Development of arsenic doped Cd (Se, Te) absorbers by MOCVD for thin film solar cells

O Oklobia, G Kartopu, S Jones, P Siderfin… - Solar energy materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent developments in CdTe solar cell technology have included the incorporation of
ternary alloy Cd (Se, Te) in the devices. CdTe absorber band gap grading due to Se alloying …

Interface modification to enhance electron extraction by deposition of a ZnMgO buffer on SnO2-coated FTO in CdTe solar cells

S Ren, H Li, C Lei, C Li, X Yin, L Wu, W Li, J Zhang… - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Achieving high open-circuit voltage (V oc) for CdTe thin film solar cells is challenging. We
report that a ZnMgO (ZMO) buffer can improve V oc and the performance of CdTe solar cells …

Understanding the interplay between CdSe thickness and Cu do** temperature in CdSe/CdTe devices

E Bastola, AB Phillips, G Barros-King… - 2021 IEEE 48th …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
CdSe thickness and Cu do** play significant roles in achieving a highly efficiency in CdTe
solar cells. Using an evaporated CdSe/CdTe device stack to avoid vacuum breaks between …

Effect of ultra-thin CdSexTe1− x interface layer on parameters of CdTe solar cells

A Çiriş, BM Başol, Y Atasoy, A Karaca, M Tomakin… - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of an ultra-thin CdSe x Te 1-x junction interface layer on CdTe solar cell
parameters were investigated employing a CdSe x Te 1-x/CdTe absorber structure. CdSe x …