How to Achieve Efficiencies beyond 22.1% for CdTe-Based Thin-Film Solar Cells

I. M. Dharmadasa and A. E. Alam
Additional contact information
I. M. Dharmadasa: Thin Film Research Centre, Industrial & Innovation Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK
A. E. Alam: Thin Film Research Centre, Industrial & Innovation Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 24, 1-23

Abstract: This review paper summarises the key issues of CdTe and CdS/CdTe solar cells as observed over the past four decades, and focuses on two growth techniques, electrodeposition (ED) and closed space sublimation (CSS), which have successfully passed through the commercialisation process. Comprehensive experience in electrical contacts to CdTe, surfaces & interfaces, electroplated CdTe and solar cell development work led to the design and experimentally test grading of band gap multilayer solar cells, which has been applied to the CdS/CdTe structure. This paper presents the consistent and reproducible results learned through electroplated CdTe and devices, and suggestions are made for achieving or surpassing the record efficiency of 22.1% using the CSS material growth technique.

Keywords: CdS; CdTe; CdS/CdTe solar cell; electrodeposition; closed space sublimation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/24/9510/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/24/9510/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:24:p:9510-:d:1004124

Access Statistics for this article

Energies is currently edited by Ms. Agatha Cao

More articles in Energies from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().