Growth from solution of CdTe films by conversion of chemically deposited cadmium oxide hydroxide films

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3326-3330

  Ochoa Landin R ^a   Castillo, S J ^a   Ramirez Bon R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

CdTe; Chemical deposition; Electrical properties; Structural properties

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM OXIDE; CDTE; CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; CHEMICAL DEPOSITION; COMPLEXING AGENTS; CUBIC STRUCTURE; GLASS SUBSTRATES; GROWTH FROM SOLUTION; HYDROXIDE FILMS; IONIC EXCHANGE; NANOCRYSTALLINES; SODIUM CITRATE; SULFINIC ACID;

ALKALINITY; CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; PHOTOELECTRONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; SUBSTRATES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

OXIDE FILMS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CADMIUM; CRYSTALLINITY; FILM; GLASS; IONIC COMPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84866780760     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Compaan A.D., Gupta A., Drayton J., Lee S.-H., Wang S. 14% sputtered thin-film solar cells based on CdTe. Phys. Stat. Sol. b 2004, 241:779-782.
2. Durose K., Edwards P.R., Halliday D.P. Materials aspects of CdTe/CdS solar cell. J. Cryst. Growth. 1999, 197:733-742.
3. Esparza-Ponce H.E., Hernández-Borja J., Reyes-Rojas A., Cervantes-Sánchez M., Vorobiev Y.V., Ramírez-Bon R., Pérez-Robles J.F., González-Hernández J. Growth technology, X-ray and optical properties of CdSe thin films. Mater. Chem. Phys. 2009, 113:824-828.
4. Ferekides C.S., Balasubramanian U., Mamazza R., Viswanathan V., Zhao H., Morel D.L. CdTe thin film solar cells: device and technology issues. Sol. Energy 2004, 77:823-830.
5. Hillie K.T., Basson S.S., Swart H.C. Effect of a CdO coating on the degradation of a ZnS thin film phosphor material. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2002, 187:137-144.
6. 2 treatment on CdTe/CdS thin film solar cells studied using deep level transient spectroscopy. Thin Solid Films 2003, 431-432:143-147.
7. McCandless B.E., Dobson K.D. Processing options for CdTe thin film solar cells. Sol. Energy 2004, 77:839-856.
8. Nair P.K., Nair M.T.S., García V.M., Arenas O.L., Peña Y., Castillo A., Ayala I.T., Gomezdasa O., Sánchez A., Campos J., Hu H., Suárez R., Rincón M.E. Semiconductor thin {Thorn}lms by chemical bath deposition for solar energy related applications. Solar Energy Mater. Solar Cells 1998, 52:313-344.
9. Naira J.P., Jayakrishnana R., Chaurea N.B., Lobob A., Kulkarnib S.K., Pandey R.K. Investigation of Sb-doped CdTe films using XPS, PIXE and XRD. Thin Solid Films 1999, 347:39-45.
10. 2 wet-deposited on CdTe films studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Appl. Surf. Sci. 1998, 136:221-229.
11. Ochoa-Landín R., Vigil-Galan O., Vorobiev Y.V., Ramírez-Bon R. Chemically-deposited Te layers improving the parameters of back contacts for CdTe solar cells. Sol. Energy 2009, 83:134-138.
12. Ochoa-Landín R., Sastre-Hernández J., Vigil-Galan O., Ramírez-Bon R. Chemically deposited CdS by an ammonia-free process for solar cells window layers. Sol. Energy 2010, 84:208-214.
13. Ortuño-López M.B., Valenzuela-Jáuregui J.J., Sotelo-Lerma M., Mendoza-Galván A., Ramírez-Bon R. Highly oriented CdS films deposited by ammonia-free chemical bath method. Thin Solid Films 2003, 429:34-39.
14. Pankove J.I. Optical Processes in Semiconductors 1971, Dover Publications Inc., New York.
15. Patil V.B., Sutrave D.S., Shahane G.S., Deshmukh L.P. Cadmium telluride thin films: growth from solution and characteristics. Thin Solid Films 2001, 401:35-38.
16. Potlog T., Ghimpu L., Gashin P., Pudov A., Nagle T., Sites J. Influence of annealing in different chlorides on the photovoltaic parameters of CdS/CdTe solar cells. Solar Energy Mater. Solar Cells 2003, 80:327-334.
17. Razykov T.M., Ferekides C.S., Morel D., Stefanakos E., Ullal H.S., Upadhyaya H.M. Solar photovoltaic electricity: current status and future prospects. Sol. Energy 2011, 85:1580-1608.
18. Romeo N., Bosio A., Canevari V., Podesta A. Recent progress on CdTe /CdS thin films solar cell. Sol. Energy 2004, 77:795-801.
19. 3 films prepared by the chemical bath deposition technique. Thin Solid Films 2005, 472:5-10.
20. Sotelo-Lerma M., Zingaro Ralph.A., Castillo S.J. Preparation of CdTe coating using the chemical deposition method. J. Organometal. Chem. 2001, 623:81-86.
21. Valenzuela-Jáuregui J.J., Ramírez-Bon R., Sotelo-Lerma M., Mendoza-Galván A. Optical properties of PbS thin films chemically deposited at different temperatures. Thin Solid Films 2003, 441:104-110.