Cadmium telluride for high-efficiency solar cells
Problems of the synthesis of cadmium telluride powders having required purity and grain size distribution for high-efficiency solar cells have been analyzed. A test batch of powders has been synthesized and used for the manufacture and study of thin-film solar cell specimens exhibiting parameters co...
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| author | Igor I. Maronchuk Daria D. Sanikovich Elena V. Davydova Nataliya Yu. Tabachkova |
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| description | Problems of the synthesis of cadmium telluride powders having required purity and grain size distribution for high-efficiency solar cells have been analyzed. A test batch of powders has been synthesized and used for the manufacture and study of thin-film solar cell specimens exhibiting parameters compliant with the best worldwide standards. The phase composition of the powders has been studied using X-ray diffraction. Structural analysis and elemental composition measurements have been carried out using electron microscopy. The effect of free tellurium phase in the powders on the endurance of devices manufactured from the powder has been described. We show that excess tellurium in the film specimens whose atoms are predominantly localized along grain boundaries may cause temporal degradation of the electrical properties of the manufactured solar cells due to changes in the parameters of the crystalline structure of the cadmium telluride phase which are caused in turn by changes in the stoichiometric composition of the material. Structural studies of the film specimens have not revealed differences in the film structure before and after endurance tests. A new cadmium telluride powder process route has been developed, proven and tested taking into account the advantages and drawbacks of the previously used process and experiments confirming the correctness of the technical solutions chosen have been conducted. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c5dc9944b28d42d9804ed3d4d587527a2023-09-03T13:04:47ZengPensoft PublishersModern Electronic Materials2452-17792023-03-019191410.3897/j.moem.9.1.103598103598Cadmium telluride for high-efficiency solar cellsIgor I. Maronchuk0Daria D. Sanikovich1Elena V. Davydova2Nataliya Yu. Tabachkova3ADV-Engineering, LLCADV-Engineering, LLCADV-Engineering, LLCProkhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of SciencesProblems of the synthesis of cadmium telluride powders having required purity and grain size distribution for high-efficiency solar cells have been analyzed. A test batch of powders has been synthesized and used for the manufacture and study of thin-film solar cell specimens exhibiting parameters compliant with the best worldwide standards. The phase composition of the powders has been studied using X-ray diffraction. Structural analysis and elemental composition measurements have been carried out using electron microscopy. The effect of free tellurium phase in the powders on the endurance of devices manufactured from the powder has been described. We show that excess tellurium in the film specimens whose atoms are predominantly localized along grain boundaries may cause temporal degradation of the electrical properties of the manufactured solar cells due to changes in the parameters of the crystalline structure of the cadmium telluride phase which are caused in turn by changes in the stoichiometric composition of the material. Structural studies of the film specimens have not revealed differences in the film structure before and after endurance tests. A new cadmium telluride powder process route has been developed, proven and tested taking into account the advantages and drawbacks of the previously used process and experiments confirming the correctness of the technical solutions chosen have been conducted.https://moem.pensoft.net/article/103598/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Igor I. Maronchuk Daria D. Sanikovich Elena V. Davydova Nataliya Yu. Tabachkova Cadmium telluride for high-efficiency solar cells Modern Electronic Materials |
| title | Cadmium telluride for high-efficiency solar cells |
| title_full | Cadmium telluride for high-efficiency solar cells |
| title_fullStr | Cadmium telluride for high-efficiency solar cells |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cadmium telluride for high-efficiency solar cells |
| title_short | Cadmium telluride for high-efficiency solar cells |
| title_sort | cadmium telluride for high efficiency solar cells |
| url | https://moem.pensoft.net/article/103598/download/pdf/ |
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