Understanding the grain growth mechanism in CdS thin films by CdCl2 treatment and thermal annealing evolution

S Kumari, D Suthar, MD Kannan, N Kumari, MS Dhaka - Optical Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to upgrade the crystallinity and minimize the detrimental effect of grain boundaries
and crystals defects in thin films and solar cells concerned, an approach of chloride …

Understanding grain growth mechanism in vacuum evaporated CdTe thin films by different halide treatments: an evolution of ion size impact on physical properties for …

S Kumari, D Suthar, Himanshu, N Kumari… - Comments on …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In the present study, detailed investigation on postdeposition halides treatment using CdCl2,
CdI2, MgF2, MgCl2 and MgI2 is undertaken over thermally evaporated CdTe films. As …

Towards halide treatment on CdS thin films for solar cell applications: an evolution to ion size impact on segregation and grain boundaries passivation

S Kumari, D Suthar, MD Kannan, N Kumari… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, an impact of halide ion size on the physical properties of 200 nm thin thermally
evaporated CdS films is explored. The ex-situ halide treatment is performed using 0.2 M …

Analysis of different annealing conditions on physical properties of Bi doped CdTe thin films for potential absorber layer in solar cells

SL Patel, A Thakur, MD Kannan, MS Dhaka - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The mainstream technology used for production of high-efficiency CdTe photovoltaics
involves Cu do** to CdTe absorber and CdTe/CdS junction activation by cadmium …

Grain growth in thermally evaporated CdS thin films: an approach to MgF2 activation for window layer applications

S Kumari, D Suthar, MD Kannan, N Kumari… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cadmium sulfide (CdS) is an attracting window layer material to Cadmium telluride (CdTe)
solar cells where pristine CdS thin films consist of colossal amount of native defects and …

Enhancement of Photo-Electrical Properties of CdS Thin Films: Effect of N2 Purging and N2 Annealing

GKL Sankalpa, GR Kumarasinghe… - Electronic …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The impact of N2 purging in the CdS deposition bath and subsequent N2 annealing is
examined and contrasted with conventional CdS films, which were deposited without …

Effect of annealing treatment on oxalic acid-assisted electrodeposited CdS thin films for enhanced solar cell performance

AK Madkour, F Rogti, L Aissani, A Hamdi… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Springer
CdS thin films have been successfully electrodeposited by introducing oxalic acid in the
electrolytic solution as a novel complexing agent to prevent sulfide precipitation. The CdS …

Accurate ab initio calculations on various PV-based materials: Which functional to be used?

A Stoliaroff, C Latouche - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2020 - ACS Publications
Herein we report a thorough ab initio investigation targeting the optical and electronic
properties of 14 binary, ternary, and quaternary compounds (CuInSe2, CuGaSe2, ZnO, ZnS …

Effect of different annealing conditions on CdZnTe thin films for absorber layer applications

R Sharma, SL Patel, MD Kannan, MS Dhaka - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2022 - Elsevier
The Silicon based single junction and perovskite solar cells have demonstrated high
efficiency but Silicon based cells suffer from the drawback of higher cost and perovskite …

Understanding grain growth and grain boundary inversion in CdS thin films by CdI2 activation

S Kumari, G Chasta, D Suthar, N Kumari, MS Dhaka - Thin Solid Films, 2025 - Elsevier
The post deposition halide treatment to Cadmium (Cd) based solar cell devices is
recognized as vital step for passivation of grain boundaries and influences the performance …