Thin-film solar cells: An overview

S.K. Deb

Renewable Energy, 1996, vol. 8, issue 1, 375-379

Abstract: Thin-film solar cells offer the most promising options for substantially reducing the cost of photovoltaic systems. A multiplicity of options, in terms of materials and devices, are currently being developed worldwide. Some of the leading contenders are: amorphous and polycrystalline silicon, compound semiconductor thin films such as CuInSe2-based alloys, and CdTe thin-film solar cells. Enormous progress in device performance has been made in most of these technologies, and considerable effort is devoted to commercialization of these technologies. Exciting new developments are happening in some relatively new materials and devices.

Keywords: Thin films; solar cells; photovoltaics; amorphous silicon; copper indium diselenide alloys; cadmium telluride; thin silicon; gallium arsenide; titanium dioxide (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(96)88881-1

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