Comparison of high efficiency flexible CdTe solar cells on different substrates at low temperature deposition

Salavei, Andrei; Menossi, Daniele; Piccinelli, Fabio; Kumar, Arun; Mariotto, G.; Barbato, Marco; Meneghini, Matteo; Meneghesso, Gaudenzio; Mare, Simone Di

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2016.09.004

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“…The compressive and tensile stresses generated in CdTe deposited on polyimides and ultra-thin glass have also been analyzed using Raman spectroscopy. 86 The obtained results confirmed that the polyimide substrates result in larger distortions in CdTe than the ultra-thin glass substrates which could thus cause a stability issue in CdTe solar cells deposited on flexible polymers compared with glass. Table 2 lists the best efficiencies achieved in flexible CdTe solar cells developed on various substrates.…”

Section: Cadmium Telluride Thin Filmsupporting

confidence: 60%

“…80 The first substrate studied for flexible CdTe-based solar cells using the superstrate configuation was polyimide. 80,81 Upilex-S and Kapton showed promising results 82,83 but remain temperature-limited as they cannot withstand temperatures above 450°C. The highest efficiency obtained is 12.7%, where the CdTe/CdS layers were grown on aluminum-doped ZnO on polyimide.…”

Section: Cadmium Telluride Thin Filmmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As a result, a record efficiency of 16.4% has been achieved. 85 Moreover, Salavei et al 86 used ultra-thin glass to fabricate CdTe-based solar cells at low temperatures. In this case, the same process was also applied on two polymers, Upilex and Kapton, and the stress generated in the films was studied using XRD.…”

Section: Cadmium Telluride Thin Filmmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…In the past few years, flexible PSCs (F‐PSCs) have made great progress in pursuing lightweight with high efficiency, demonstrating its energetic competition in contrast to other photovoltaic technology including cadmium telluride, copper indium gallium selenide and organic photovoltaics . As the commonly used flexible substrates like poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) could not endure high processing temperature significantly higher than >200 °C, various low‐temperature techniques have been developed to fabricate electronic selective layers (ESLs) with great progress in attaining high PCE .…”

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Record Efficiency Stable Flexible Perovskite Solar Cell Using Effective Additive Assistant Strategy

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Even though the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of rigid perovskite solar cells is increased to 22.7%, the PCE of flexible perovskite solar cells (F-PSCs) is still lower. Here, a novel dimethyl sulfide (DS) additive is developed to effectively improve the performance of the F-PSCs. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy reveals that the DS additive reacts with Pb to form a chelated intermediate, which significantly slows down the crystallization rate, leading to large grain size and good crystallinity for the resultant perovskite film. In fact, the trap density of the perovskite film prepared using the DS additive is reduced by an order of magnitude compared to the one without it, demonstrating that the additive effectively retards transformation kinetics during the thin film formation process. As a result, the PCE of the flexible devices increases to 18.40%, with good mechanical tolerance, the highest reported so far for the F-PSCs. Meanwhile, the environmental stability of the F-PSCs significantly enhances by 1.72 times compared to the device without the additive, likely due to the large grain size that suppresses perovskite degradation at grain boundaries. The present strategy will help guide development of high efficiency F-PSCs for practical applications.

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“…As flexible solar cells have become a mature technology, it may be possible to appropriate them as radiation detectors. This section models the layers of a CdTe cell from Salavei et al [ 8 ] as an example detector. The CdTe solar cells consist of a 50-nm Au back contact, a 6-

m CdTe layer, a 300-nm cadmium sulphate layer, a 400-nm indium tin oxide and 100-nm zinc oxide front contact, and a 100-

m layer of glass.…”

Section: Flexible Detectorsmentioning

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The Simulated Characterization and Suitability of Semiconductor Detectors for Strontium 90 Assay in Groundwater

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This paper examines the potential deployment of a 10 mm × 10 mm × 1 mm cadmium telluride detector for strontium-90 measurement in groundwater boreholes at nuclear decommissioning sites. Geant4 simulation was used to model the deployment of the detector in a borehole monitoring contaminated groundwater. It was found that the detector was sensitive to strontium-90, yttrium-90, caesium-137, and potassium-40 decay, some of the significant beta emitters found at Sellafield. However, the device showed no sensitivity to carbon-14 decay, due to the inability of the weak beta emission to penetrate both the groundwater and the detector shielding. The limit of detection for such a sensor when looking at solely strontium-90 decay was calculated as 323 BqL−1 after a 1-h measurement and 66 BqL−1 after a 24-h measurement. A gallium-arsenide (GaAs) sensor with twice the surface area, but 0.3% of the thickness was modelled for comparison. Using this sensor, sensitivity was increased, such that the limit of detection for strontium-90 was 91 BqL−1 after 1 h and 18 BqL−1 after 24 h. However, this sensor sacrifices the potential to identify the present radionuclides by their end-point energy. Additionally, the feasibility of using flexible detectors based on solar cell designs to maximise the surface area of detectors has been modelled.

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Comparison of high efficiency flexible CdTe solar cells on different substrates at low temperature deposition

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