Yates, HM ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3261-0183, Sheel, DW, Dharmadasa, IM, Echendu, OK and Fauzi, F
2013,
'The effects of TCO properties on all-electrodeposited CdS/CdTe PV solar cells'
, Proceedings of Photovoltaic Science Application and Technology (PVSAT) 9
, pp. 211-214.
Abstract
There is increased drive to produce renewable clean energy sources, which has led in recent years to the rapid rise of alternatives such as solar PV technology. For a commercially viable product, the PV cells must be of high efficiency along with the ability to be produced by low-cost and scalable processes. We have combined the use of atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition (APCVD) and electro-chemical deposition (ED) as thin film growth techniques, which have proven ability to be both scalable and low-cost industrial processes, for the deposition of transparent conducting oxide (TCO) of F-doped SnO2 on glass substrates, and CdS/CdTe solar cell structures respectively. The effects of TCO morphology and electrical properties on the efficiency of the all ED-CdS/CdTe solar cells were studied. It has been shown that the PV performance is improved on use of low resistivity TCO with rougher (RMS ~43 nm) surface morphology. Preliminary studies on all-electrodeposited devices show that we have achieved promising cell results with high current densities ~39.4 mA cm-2 and efficiencies ~8.1%, using non-optimised window and absorber layers. Optimising these two electrodeposited layers and the APCVD grown TCO will lead to a greater understanding of the process parameters and hence greater PV efficiency.
Item Type: | Article |
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Themes: | Energy |
Schools: | Schools > School of Computing, Science and Engineering > Salford Innovation Research Centre |
Journal or Publication Title: | Proceedings of Photovoltaic Science Application and Technology (PVSAT) 9 |
Publisher: | The Solar Energy Society |
Refereed: | Yes |
ISSN: | 0904963799 |
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Funders: | University Sheffield Hallam |
Depositing User: | HM Yates |
Date Deposited: | 09 Jun 2015 16:56 |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2018 13:18 |
URI: | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/34803 |
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