Electrodeposition fabrication of chalcogenide thin films for photovoltaic applications

S Saha, M Johnson, F Altayaran, Y Wang, D Wang… - Electrochem, 2020 - mdpi.com
Electrodeposition, which features low cost, easy scale-up, good control in the composition
and great flexible substrate compatibility, is a favorable technique for producing thin films …

Understanding the grain growth mechanism in CdS thin films by CdCl2 treatment and thermal annealing evolution

S Kumari, D Suthar, MD Kannan, N Kumari, MS Dhaka - Optical Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to upgrade the crystallinity and minimize the detrimental effect of grain boundaries
and crystals defects in thin films and solar cells concerned, an approach of chloride …

Towards halide treatment on CdS thin films for solar cell applications: An evolution to ion size impact on segregation and grain boundaries passivation

S Kumari, D Suthar, MD Kannan, N Kumari… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, an impact of halide ion size on the physical properties of 200 nm thin thermally
evaporated CdS films is explored. The ex-situ halide treatment is performed using 0.2 M …

Electrodeposition of CdS thin-films from cadmium acetate and ammonium thiosulphate precursors

AE Alam, WM Cranton, IM Dharmadasa - Journal of Materials Science …, 2019 - Springer
Cadmium sulphide (CdS) thin-films have been electrodeposited using two electrode system
to be used as the hole back diffusion barrier (hbdb) layer for graded bandgap solar cells with …

A new configuration of vertically connecting solar cells: solar tree

AB Baci, M Salmi, Y Menni… - International Journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Solar energy is a renewable type, clean, and inexhaustible which is sufficiently available on
the Algerian territory. The energy received daily on a horizontal surface of 1 m2 is in the …

Electrodeposited MnO2-NiO Composites as a Pt Free Counter Electrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

S Kakroo, K Surana, B Bhattacharya - Journal of Electronic Materials, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Manganese oxide-Nickel oxide (MnO 2-NiO) has been successfully deposited on
Fluorine doped Tin Oxide (FTO) glass electrode using a facile, effective and low cost …

[HTML][HTML] SCAPS 3201 simulation of tunable heterostructured p-CdTe and n-CdS thin films-based solar cells

AA Faremi, PA Olubambi, AO Salau, AA Ibiyemi - Results in Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a numerical simulation using SCAPS 3201 and an electrometer for the
investigation of electrical behavior at the interface of heterostructured Cadmium telluride and …

X-ray diffraction analysis of a class of AlMgCu alloy using williamson–hall and scherrer methods

P Nwaokafor, KB Okeoma, OK Echendu… - Metallography …, 2021 - Springer
AlMgCu alloy samples with 70 wt.% Al and varying Cu and Mg compositions have been
fabricated. The fabricated samples were characterized by x-ray diffraction measurement and …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the effects of varying sulfur concentration on ZnSxSe1-x (0≤ x≤ 1.0) thin films prepared by photo-assisted chemical bath method

DD Hile, HC Swart, SV Motloung, TE Motaung… - Results in Optics, 2024 - Elsevier
Zinc sulfur-selenide (ZnS x Se 1-x)(0≤ x≤ 1.0) thin films were grown on glass substrates
using photo-assisted chemical bath deposition technique and the deposited samples were …

Variations in the physical properties of rf-sputtered CdS thin films observed at substrate temperatures ranging from 25° C to 500° C

S Lee, J Kim, S Lee, HJ Cha, CS Son, YG Son… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
CdS films with a wide range of substrate temperatures as deposition parameters were
fabricated on Corning Eagle 2000 glass substrates using RF magnetron sputtering. The …