Investigation of post deposition CdCl2 treatment for fully sputtered CdTe/CdS thin film solar cells
- 1 June 2012
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- p. 001983-001987
- https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2012.6317985
Abstract
An all-sputtered fabrication route to CdTe/CdS solar cells has been developed. The reproducibility of device efficiency was investigated with respect to a post-deposition CdCl 2 treatment. A maximum conversion efficiency, for optimized devices, of 12.4% and an average of 9.3±2.2% was achieved. Significant re-crystallization within the CdTe and CdS layers was observed, via cross-sectional SEM, following CdCl 2 treatment.Keywords
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