Study on the ITO/ZnO interface and its effect on CdS/CdTe solar cell performance



Document title: Study on the ITO/ZnO interface and its effect on CdS/CdTe solar cell performance
Journal: Superficies y vacío
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000397190
ISSN: 1665-3521
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Institutions: 1Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, México, Distrito Federal. México
2Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Mérida, Yucatán. México
3Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria en Ingeniería y Tecnologías Avanzadas, México, Distrito Federal. México
4Universidad de Guanajuato, Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica Agrícola, Irapuato, Guanajuato. México
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Season: Jun
Volumen: 28
Number: 2
Pages: 61-65
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico
English abstract ZnO thin films have been deposited on ITO coated glass substrates, using RF magnetron reactive sputtering from a Zn target. The ZnO films were annealed at 560 °C for 1 hour, in order to promote the diffusion of the ITO into ZnO. The properties of the samples were analyzed by X- ray diffraction (XRD), UV-Vis spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The ITO/ZnO interface showed a diffusion of 50 nm approximately. In order to study the effect of ZnO thickness, in the performance of the CdS/CdTe solar cell, we used an AMPS-1D solar simulator; the results showed that reduction of the ZnO thickness had a weak influence in the efficiency of the solar cell
Disciplines: Ingeniería,
Física y astronomía
Keyword: Ingeniería de materiales,
Física,
Películas delgadas,
Oxido de zinc,
Semiconductores,
Celdas solares
Keyword: Engineering,
Physics and astronomy,
Materials engineering,
Physics,
Thin films,
Zinc oxide,
Semiconductors,
Solar cells
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