Side-by-side characterization of non-optimized and optimized CdS/CdTe solar cells on commercial transparent conductive oxide/glass

Halverson, Adam F.; Yakimov, Aharon; Vert, Alexey; Sulima, O.V.; Korevaar, B.A.

doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2012.10.084

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“…Here, the size of ZnO grains having a preferred orientation along c‐axis is large enough to realize vertical growth of ZnO NRs with high density. Recently, several researchers have theoretically verified and experimentally demonstrated the effectiveness of this strategy .…”

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Electrically conductive anti‐reflecting nanostructure for chalcogenide thin‐film solar cells

Park

Lee

Hwang

et al. 2014

Progress in Photovoltaics

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Electrically conducting aluminum (Al)-doped ZnO nanorods (NRs) film has been introduced as an anti-reflective (AR) layer for effective light trapping in chalcogenide thin-film solar cells. Results indicate that the Al-doping significantly reduced the electrical contact resistance between the Ag top electrode and the AR layer. The Al-doped ZnO NRs exhibited low average reflectance (4.5%) over the entire visible and near-infrared range, and changed the nature of electrical contact between the Ag electrode and the AR layer from Schottky to Ohmic. Finally, the CuInS 2 solar cell coated with the Aldoped ZnO NRs exhibited huge enhancement in photovoltaic efficiency from 9.57% to 11.70% due to the lowering series resistance and the increase in the short-circuit current density, when compared with that of a solar cell without the AR layer.

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confidence: 99%