Bifacial solar cell with SnS absorber by vapor transport deposition

被引：31

作者：

Wangperawong, Artit ^{[1
,2
]}

Hsu, Po-Chun ^{[1
]}

Yee, Yesheng ^{[1
]}

Herron, Steven M. ^{[1
]}

Clemens, Bruce M. ^{[1
]}

Cui, Yi ^{[1
]}

Bent, Stacey F. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[2] King Mongkuts Univ Technol Thonburi, Fac Engn, Dept Elect Engn, Bangkok 10140, Thailand

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2014年 / 105卷 / 17期

关键词：

Glass substrates - Nanocomposites - IV-VI semiconductors - Layered semiconductors - Solar absorbers - Solar cells;

D O I：

10.1063/1.4898092

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

The SnS absorber layer in solar cell devices was produced by vapor transport deposition (VTD), which is a low-cost manufacturing method for solar modules. The performance of solar cells consisting of Si/Mo/SnS/ZnO/indium tin oxide (ITO) was limited by the SnS layer's surface texture and field-dependent carrier collection. For improved performance, a fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate was used in place of the Mo to smooth the topography of the VTD SnS and to make bifacial solar cells, which are potentially useful for multijunction applications. A bifacial SnS solar cell consisting of glass/FTO/SnS/CdS/ZnO/ITO demonstrated front- and back-side power conversion efficiencies of 1.2% and 0.2%, respectively. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.

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