Comprehensive review on thin film homojunction solar cells: technologies, progress and challenges

OM Saif, Y Elogail, TM Abdolkader, A Shaker, A Zekry… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the aim of achieving high efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and reliability of solar cells,
several technologies have been studied. Recently, emerging materials have appeared to …

Numerical modelling analysis for carrier concentration level optimization of CdTe heterojunction thin film–based solar cell with different non–toxic metal chalcogenide …

SH Zyoud, AH Zyoud, NM Ahmed, AFI Abdelkader - Crystals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cadmium telluride (CdTe), a metallic dichalcogenide material, was utilized as an absorber
layer for thin film–based solar cells with appropriate configurations and the SCAPS–1D …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling the prospect of a novel chemical route for synthesizing solution-processed CdS/CdTe thin-film solar cells

MMA Moon, MF Rahman, M Kamruzzaman, J Hossain… - Energy Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, an in-depth analysis of the photovoltaic parameters of solar cells is carried out
to reveal the prospect of fabricating TX-100 surfactant-induced thiol-amine cosolvent …

Life cycle assessment of high-performance monocrystalline titanium dioxide nanorod-based perovskite solar cells

HKR Rao, E Gemechu, U Thakur, K Shankar… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
There is considerable research effort being made to improve the efficiency of solar cells.
Perovskite architectures that use titanium dioxide nanorods as electron transport layers are …

[HTML][HTML] Temperature difference in close-spaced sublimation (CSS) growth of CdTe thin film on ultra-thin glass substrate

C Doroody, KS Rahman, SF Abdullah, MN Harif… - Results in Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin films were grown for the first time ever on ultra-
thin (100 µm) Schott D263T glass substrates via high temperature deposition process …

CdTe colloidal-gel: synthesis and thin films deposition applied to solar cells

A Arce-Plaza, FJ Sánchez-Rodríguez, M Courel… - Materials Science in …, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel process of cadmium telluride (CdTe) synthesis and deposition applied in solar cells
technology is presented in this research. Solar cells proposed; were manufactured using …

CdTe thin films as protective surface passivation to HgCdTe layers for the IR and THz detectors

F Sizov, M Vuichyk, K Svezhentsova, Z Tsybrii… - Materials Science in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The properties of thin CdTe cap layers grown using the hot-wall epitaxy (HWE) method
under low-temperature technological conditions (T≤ 373 K) to Hg 1-x Cd x Te liquid phase …

BaCl2 an efficient replacement of CdCl2 treatment step for thermally deposited CdTe thin film

WAA Syed, A Ali, N Rafiq, WH Shah… - Materials Research …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Cadmium telluride (CdTe), a II–VI compound semiconductor has long been identified as
suitable absorber material. A central part of the fabrication process includes the coating of …

[PDF][PDF] Electrical and optical parameter-based numerical simulation of high-performance CdTe, CIGS, and CZTS solar cells

G Hashmi, MS Hossain, MH Imtiaz - Journal of Theoretical and …, 2023 - researchgate.net
The market for thin-film solar cells is gradually increasing and is expected to grow to 27.11
billion dollars by 2030. The most extensively researched thin film technologies based on …

Numerical Investigation of Optimal Buffer Layer and Performance Evaluation on CdTe Solar Cell

T Ahamed, A Rahman, I Rahaman, A Mamun… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
This study investigates the critical role of buffer layers in enhancing the efficiency of thin-film
CdTe solar cells. We explore non-toxic buffer materials, specifically ZnSe, ZnMgO, 3C-SiC …