학술논문

Effect of absorber layer parameters on charge collection in thin-film CdS/CdTe solar cells
Document Type
Conference
Source
2008 33rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2008. PVSC '08. 33rd IEEE. :1-4 May, 2008
Subject
Photonics and Electrooptics
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Transistors
Photovoltaic cells
Electrons
Radiative recombination
Neodymium
Indium tin oxide
Glass
Absorption
Charge carrier lifetime
Spontaneous emission
Language
ISSN
0160-8371
Abstract
The dependence of charge collection efficiency of CdS/CdTe solar cells on the uncompensated acceptor concentration N a - N d , carrier lifetime, recombination velocities at the CdS-CdTe interface and the back surface of the CdTe layer, as well as on its thickness have been determined and discussed. It is shown that total charge collection can be achieved practically If the electron lifetime is equal to several microseconds and the CdTe layer thickness is greater than that typically used in the fabrication of CdTe/CdS solar cells. If the electron lifetime in the CdTe layer is in the range of 10 −9 –10 −10 s, short-circuit current density of 25–26 mA/cm 2 (generated by AM1.5 solar radiation) can be attained when N a - N d is close to 10 16 cm −3 .