Effect of Annealing on the Properties of Antimony Telluride Thin Films and Their Applications in CdTe Solar Cells
Joint Authors
Wang, Zhouling
Hu, Yu
Zeng, Guanggen
Feng, Lianghuan
Gao, Jingjing
Li, Wei
Zhang, Jingquan
Wu, Lili
Source
International Journal of Photoenergy
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-02-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Antimony telluride alloy thin films were deposited at room temperature by using the vacuum coevaporation method.
The films were annealed at different temperatures in N2 ambient, and then the compositional, structural, and electrical properties of antimony telluride thin films were characterized by X-ray fluorescence, X-ray diffraction, differential thermal analysis, and Hall measurements.
The results indicate that single phase antimony telluride existed when the annealing temperature was higher than 488 K.
All thin films exhibited p-type conductivity with high carrier concentrations.
Cell performance was greatly improved when the antimony telluride thin films were used as the back contact layer for CdTe thin film solar cells.
The dark current voltage and capacitance voltage measurements were performed to investigate the formation of the back contacts for the cells with or without Sb2Te3 buffer layers.
CdTe solar cells with the buffer layers can reduce the series resistance and eliminate the reverse junction between CdTe and metal electrodes.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wang, Zhouling& Hu, Yu& Li, Wei& Zeng, Guanggen& Feng, Lianghuan& Zhang, Jingquan…[et al.]. 2014. Effect of Annealing on the Properties of Antimony Telluride Thin Films and Their Applications in CdTe Solar Cells. International Journal of Photoenergy،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wang, Zhouling…[et al.]. Effect of Annealing on the Properties of Antimony Telluride Thin Films and Their Applications in CdTe Solar Cells. International Journal of Photoenergy No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1036864
American Medical Association (AMA)
Wang, Zhouling& Hu, Yu& Li, Wei& Zeng, Guanggen& Feng, Lianghuan& Zhang, Jingquan…[et al.]. Effect of Annealing on the Properties of Antimony Telluride Thin Films and Their Applications in CdTe Solar Cells. International Journal of Photoenergy. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1036864
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1036864