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Defect tolerance in as-deposited selenium-alloyed cadmium telluride solar cells

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posted on 2023-06-27, 12:56 authored by Tom Fiducia, Amit H Munshi, Kurt BarthKurt Barth, Daniela Proprentner, Geoffrey West, Walajabad S Sampath, Michael WallsMichael Walls
The efficiency of cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells is limited primarily by voltage, which is known to depend on the carrier concentration and carrier lifetimes within the absorber layer of the cell. Here, cathodoluminescence measurements are made on an as-deposited CdSeTe/CdTe solar cell that show that selenium alloyed CdTe material luminesces much more strongly than non-alloyed CdTe. This reduction in non-radiative recombination in the CdSeTe suggests that the selenium gives it a certain defect tolerance. This has implications for carrier lifetimes and voltages in cadmium telluride solar cells.

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OSI - One Step Interconnect for Thin Film PV Modules : Karen Muncey

IAA 17 - Michael Walls - EPG June 17

History

School

  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Research Unit

  • Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST)

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2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC)

Pages

127 - 130

Source

2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC)

Publisher

IEEE

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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© IEEE

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© 2018 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.

Publication date

2018-11-29

Copyright date

2018

ISBN

9781538685297

Language

  • en

Location

Waikoloa Village, HI, USA

Event dates

10th June 2018 - 15th June 2018

Depositor

Prof Michael Walls. Deposit date: 23 June 2023

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