ZnO thickness and ZnTe back contact effect of CdTe thin film solar cell Voc and efficiency progression
CdTe thin film (TF)solar cells are most promising photovoltaic (PV)technology in commercial platform. Back contacts and interface defects related opto-electrical losses are still vital to limit its further technological benefit. TF PV cells shallow recombination and parasitic loss lessening purpose...
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| author | Bablu K. Ghosh Syafiqa Nasir Tze, Kenneth Kin Teo Ismail Saad |
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| description | CdTe thin film (TF)solar cells are most promising photovoltaic (PV)technology in commercial platform. Back contacts and interface defects related opto-electrical losses are still vital to limit its further technological benefit. TF PV cells shallow recombination and parasitic loss lessening purpose carrier selective back contact with band matching window layers are essential. Beside that back and front contact thickness choice is vital for field associated selective carrier collection and generous optical transmission into the active junction of the cell. It can make variation of cell efficiency. Window and front contact layers band edge variation and back contact thickness effect is analyzed by SCAPS-1D simulation software. ZnO and SnO2 front contact for CdS and CdSe window layers effect are numerically studied for 1 μm CdTe thin film PV cell. Significance of materials for front contact and its thickness effect on current density while ZnTe back surface field contact thickness effect on open circuit voltage and efficiency are demonstrated. Finally, ZnO/CdS/CdTe/ZnTe cell of 0.925 V open circuit voltage and 19.06% efficiency has been achieved for 90 nm of ZnTe with Molybdenum (Mo) back contact. |
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| spelling | ums.eprints-329002022-06-21T01:26:19Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32900/ ZnO thickness and ZnTe back contact effect of CdTe thin film solar cell Voc and efficiency progression Bablu K. Ghosh Syafiqa Nasir Tze, Kenneth Kin Teo Ismail Saad TA1-2040 Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) CdTe thin film (TF)solar cells are most promising photovoltaic (PV)technology in commercial platform. Back contacts and interface defects related opto-electrical losses are still vital to limit its further technological benefit. TF PV cells shallow recombination and parasitic loss lessening purpose carrier selective back contact with band matching window layers are essential. Beside that back and front contact thickness choice is vital for field associated selective carrier collection and generous optical transmission into the active junction of the cell. It can make variation of cell efficiency. Window and front contact layers band edge variation and back contact thickness effect is analyzed by SCAPS-1D simulation software. ZnO and SnO2 front contact for CdS and CdSe window layers effect are numerically studied for 1 μm CdTe thin film PV cell. Significance of materials for front contact and its thickness effect on current density while ZnTe back surface field contact thickness effect on open circuit voltage and efficiency are demonstrated. Finally, ZnO/CdS/CdTe/ZnTe cell of 0.925 V open circuit voltage and 19.06% efficiency has been achieved for 90 nm of ZnTe with Molybdenum (Mo) back contact. IOP Publishing 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32900/1/ZnO%20thickness%20and%20ZnTe%20back%20contact%20effect%20of%20CdTe%20thin%20film%20solar%20cell%20Voc%20and%20efficiency%20progression.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32900/2/ZnO%20thickness%20and%20ZnTe%20back%20contact%20effect%20of%20CdTe%20thin%20film%20solar%20cell%20Voc%20and%20efficiency%20progression1.pdf Bablu K. Ghosh and Syafiqa Nasir and Tze, Kenneth Kin Teo and Ismail Saad (2021) ZnO thickness and ZnTe back contact effect of CdTe thin film solar cell Voc and efficiency progression. Materials Research Express, 8 (116405). pp. 1-7. ISSN 2053-1591 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2053-1591/ac38de https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ac38de https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ac38de |
| spellingShingle | TA1-2040 Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Bablu K. Ghosh Syafiqa Nasir Tze, Kenneth Kin Teo Ismail Saad ZnO thickness and ZnTe back contact effect of CdTe thin film solar cell Voc and efficiency progression |
| title | ZnO thickness and ZnTe back contact effect of CdTe thin film solar cell Voc and efficiency progression |
| title_full | ZnO thickness and ZnTe back contact effect of CdTe thin film solar cell Voc and efficiency progression |
| title_fullStr | ZnO thickness and ZnTe back contact effect of CdTe thin film solar cell Voc and efficiency progression |
| title_full_unstemmed | ZnO thickness and ZnTe back contact effect of CdTe thin film solar cell Voc and efficiency progression |
| title_short | ZnO thickness and ZnTe back contact effect of CdTe thin film solar cell Voc and efficiency progression |
| title_sort | zno thickness and znte back contact effect of cdte thin film solar cell voc and efficiency progression |
| topic | TA1-2040 Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
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