Fabrication of vacuum-evaporated SnS/CdS heterojunction for PV applications

被引:115
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作者
Ghosh, B. [1 ]
Das, M. [1 ]
Banerjee, R. [1 ]
Das, S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Jadavpur Univ, Sch Energy Studies, Adv Mat & Solar Photovolta Div, Kolkata 700032, India
关键词
thin film; SnS; CdS; heteojunction solar cell;
D O I
10.1016/j.solmat.2008.03.016
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
SnS/CdS heterojunction is a promising system for the fabrication of thin film solar cells. In our work, thin film SnS/CdS heterojunction was prepared by evaporating US and SnS films. The photovoltaic properties of the heterojunction were investigated with posttreatment of the window material treatment by CdCl2 for grain size enlargement. I-V characteristics in dark and at light were taken and figures of merit were evaluated. The efficiency with and without window layer treatment were about 0.08% and 0.05%, respectively, under 100 mW/cm(2) intensity. To the best of our knowledge so far there has been no report on vacuum-evaporated SnS-based heterojunction with window material treatment by CdCl2. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:1099 / 1104
页数:6
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