After a focused effort over the last decade, order‐of‐magnitude improvements in doping and
electro‐optical characteristics (radiative efficiency, carrier lifetime, and passivation) have …

The efficiency potential for single‐junction photovoltaics (PV) is described by the detailed
balance model, which requires the elimination of nonradiative recombination and perfect …

Cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells have achieved efficiencies of over 22%, despite having
absorber layer grain sizes less than 10 μm and hence a very high density of grain …

Due to the lowest‐cost and best reliability, CdTe solar cells are the leading thin‐film
photovoltaic technology. Increasing open‐circuit voltage by reducing recombination …

Because bifacial solar cells increase the power generated per area, their market share is
projected to increase over the next decade. While silicon technologies have implemented …

Cadmium telluride (CdTe) semiconductors are used in thin-film photovoltaics, detectors, and
other optoelectronic applications. For all technologies, higher efficiency and sensitivity are …

Time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) is widely used to measure carrier lifetime in thin-
film solar cell absorbers. However, the injection dependence of data and frequent non …

Evidence from cross-sectional electron microscopy has previously shown that Se passivates
defects in CdSexTe1− x solar cells, and that this is the reason for better lifetimes and …

Magnesium zinc oxide (MZO, Mg x Zn 1-x O) is a leading emitter for CdTe-based solar cells
due to its transparency and the ability to tune its conduction band offset with the absorber …

II–VI semiconductors are used in numerous electro-optical applications. For example, CdTe-
based solar technology is cost competitive with other electricity generation sources, yet there …