Publications

Authors:

Romeo, Alessandro; G., Khrypunov; Galassini, Silvio; H., Zogg; A. N., Tiwari

Title:

Bifacial Configurations for CdTe solar cells

Year:

2007

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

ISSN of journal:

0927-0248

N° Volume:

91

:

Elsevier

Page numbers:

1388-1391

Keyword:

thin film; bifacial configurations; CdTe; solar cells

Short description of contents:

We present a different back contact for CdTe solar cell by the application of only a transparent conducting oxide (TCO), typically ITO, as a back electrical contact on all-PVD CdTe/CdS photovoltaic devices that acts as a free-Cu stable back contact and at the same rime allows to realize bifacial CdTe solar cells, which can be illuminated from either or both sides. Also devices with thin CdTe layers (from similar to 2 mu m down to 1 mu m) have been prepared to improve the conversion efficiency on the back side illumination, which is limited by the collection of carriers far away from the junction and to reduce the amount of material in the CdTe device. Reproducible solar cells exceeding 10% efficiency on the front side illumination and exceeding 3% on the back side illumination are reported.

Product ID:

36498

Handle IRIS:

11562/309444

Deposited On:

March 29, 2012

Last Modified:

November 9, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Romeo, Alessandro; G., Khrypunov; Galassini, Silvio; H., Zogg; A. N., Tiwari, Bifacial Configurations for CdTe solar cells «Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells» , vol. 91 , 2007 , pp. 1388-1391

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