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Title: | Characterization of CdS/CdTe Ultrathin-Film Solar Cells with Different CdS Thin-Film Thicknesses Obtained by RF Sputtering | Authors: | Melchor-Robles, J. A. Nieto-Zepeda, K. E. Vazquez-Barragan, N. E. ARREGUIN CAMPOS, Mariana Rodriguez-Rosales, K. Cruz-Gomez, J. Guillen-Cervantes, A. Santos-Cruz, J. Olvera, M. de la L. Contreras-Puente, G. Moure-Flores, F. de |
Issue Date: | 2024 | Publisher: | MDPI | Source: | Coatings, 14 (4) (Art N° 452) | Abstract: | The development of semitransparent CdS/CdTe ultrathin solar cells has been delayed as a result of the activation annealing to which the device must be subjected, which may involve problems such as the sublimation of ultrathin films and the diffusion of Cd and S at the interface. In this work, CdS/CdTe ultrathin devices on soda-lime glass/SnO2:F/ZnO substrates were obtained by RF magnetron sputtering. CdS/CdTe ultrathin heterostructures were obtained with the following thicknesses for the CdS thin film: 70, 110, and 135 nm. The CdTe thickness film was kept constant at 620 nm. Subsequently, activation annealing with CdCl2 was carried out at 400 degrees C. Surface characterization was performed by scanning electron microscopy, which indicated that the CdCl2 annealing tripled the CdTe thin films' grain size. Raman characterization showed that CdS thin films deposited by RF sputtering present the first, the second, and the third longitudinal optical modes, indicating the good crystallinity of the CdS thin films. The study showed that the photovoltaic properties of the CdS/CdTe ultrathin devices improved as the CdS thicknesses decreased. | Notes: | Nieto-Zepeda, KE; Moure-Flores, FD (corresponding author), Univ Autonoma Queretaro, Fac Quim, Energia Mat, Santiago De Queretaro 76010, Mexico. jair.melchor@cinvestav.mx; karen_1704@hotmail.com; nevb92@gmail.com; mariana.arrc@hotmail.com; karen.uaq@outlook.com; jorge_jcg@icloud.com; angel@fis.cinvestav.mx; jsantos@uaq.edu.mx; molvera@cinvestav.mx; gscp1953@gmail.com; fcomoure@hotmail.com |
Keywords: | photovoltaic windows;RF magnetron sputtering;CdS/CdTe heterostructures | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/43031 | ISSN: | 2079-6412 | e-ISSN: | 2079-6412 | DOI: | 10.3390/coatings14040452 | ISI #: | 001210519900001 | Rights: | 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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