Highly efficient large area (10.5%, 1376cm(2)) thin-film CdS/CdTe solar cell

Authors
Hanafusa, A Aramoto, T Tsuji, M Yamamoto, T Nishio, T Veluchamy, P Higuchi, H Kumazawa, S Shibutani, S Nakajima, J Arita, T Ohyama, H Hibino, T Omura, K
Citation
A. Hanafusa et al., Highly efficient large area (10.5%, 1376cm(2)) thin-film CdS/CdTe solar cell, SOL EN MAT, 67(1-4), 2001, pp. 21-29
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
ISSN journal
09270248 → ACNP
Volume
67
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
21 - 29
Database
ISI
SICI code
0927-0248(200103)67:1-4<21:HELA(1>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Highly efficient large area (10.5%, 1376 cm(2)) thin-film CdS/CdTe solar ce ll sub-module has been fabricated. Very recently we also have fabricated a very large area sub-module of aperture area 5413 cm(2) exhibiting a convers ion efficiency of 8.4%. Such a high efficiency has been achieved by deposit ing all the constituent films such as SnO2: F, CdS and CdTe having greater uniformity and better quality under atmospheric pressure conditions. A post deposition treatment of CdTe surface with CdCl2 has been optimized to impr ove the overall solar cell output performance significantly. (C) 2001 Elsev ier Science B.V. All rights reserved.