RECENT EFFICIENCY GAINS FOR CDTE AND CUIN1-XGAXSE2 SOLAR-CELLS - WHATHAS CHANGED

Authors
SITES JR LIU XX
Citation
Jr. Sites et Xx. Liu, RECENT EFFICIENCY GAINS FOR CDTE AND CUIN1-XGAXSE2 SOLAR-CELLS - WHATHAS CHANGED, Solar energy materials and solar cells, 41-2, 1996, pp. 373-379
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels","Material Science
Journal title
Solar energy materials and solar cells → ACNP
ISSN journal
09270248
Volume
41-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
373 - 379
Database
ISI
SICI code
0927-0248(1996)41-2:<373:REGFCA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
During the period between 1987 to 1994, a number of laboratories have contributed to truly remarkable efficiency gains for thin-film cells w ith polycrystalline CdTe and CuIn1-XGaXSe2 (CIGS) absorbers. Total-are a efficiencies have increased from just above 10% to over 16%, and the se cells can now be sensibly compared with single-crystal cells of com parable bandgap. A number of factors have contributed to these gains, but the most significant has been the reduction of recombination state s in the depletion region and the resulting drop in forward-current de nsity.