Cadmium telluride (CdTe)-based cells have emerged as the leading commercialized thin
film photovoltaic technology and has intrinsically better temperature coefficients, energy …

Energy band alignment plays an important role in thin film solar cells. This article presents
an overview of the energy band alignment in chalcogenide thin film solar cells with a …

Bandgap gradient is a proven approach for improving the open-circuit voltages (VOCs) in
Cu (In, Ga) Se2 and Cu (Zn, Sn) Se2 thin-film solar cells, but has not been realized in Cd …

Sb 2 Se 3 is a promising candidate for low toxicity, low-cost and high efficiency solar cells.
Thin film solar cells employing Sb 2 Se 3 as the absorber have achieved power conversion …

The recent increases in the record efficiency of CdTe thin-film solar cell technology largely
benefited from enhancements in short circuit current densities (J SC) in the short-wavelength …

Comparing to the traditional CdS buffer layer, zinc magnesium oxide (ZMO) offers the
following advantages for CdTe-based thin-film solar cells: it introduces a spike to conduction …

We report the effect of substrate temperature (25–300° C) on the structural, optical and
electrical properties of Cadmium Sulphide (CdS) thin films deposited onto glass substrate by …

The incorporation of copper (Cu) is one of the critical processes for fabricating high-
efficiency CdTe thin-film solar cells. However, due to its high mobility in CdTe, the …

CdSe film is noteworthy for its application in CdTe solar cells. In this paper, the crystal
structure, surface profile and optical properties of CdSe films deposited at 25° C, 200° C …

To achieve high‐efficiency polycrystalline CdTe‐based thin‐film solar cells, the CdTe
absorbers must go through a post‐deposition CdCl2 heat treatment followed by a Cu …