Recent technical advances in thin-film CdS/CdTe solar cells

K Omura, A Hanahusa, T Arita, H Higuchi, T Aramoto, T Nishio, S Sibutani, S Kumazawa, M Murozono, Y Yabuuchi and H Takakura

Renewable Energy, 1996, vol. 8, issue 1, 405-409

Abstract: CdS/CdTe solar cells have attracted attention recently for their potential as low-cost, high-efficiency solar cells of the future. It is because the CdTe layer (used for photoelectric conversion) has a bandgap energy of 1. 51 eV, which corresponds well to sunlight spectra, and the direct transition type energy band structure enables formation of thinner films.

Keywords: CdS/CdTe; Solar Cells; Photovoltaic; Thin film; Sintering method; CVD; CBD; CSS; window; large-area (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(96)88887-2

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