Bifacial CdS/CdTe thin-film solar cells with copper nanowires as a transparent back contact
- Authors
- Byun, Eunkyo; Seo, Jaeyoung; Kim, Donghwan; Kim, Jihyun
- Issue Date
- 3-9월-2018
- Publisher
- OPTICAL SOC AMER
- Citation
- OPTICS EXPRESS, v.26, no.18, pp.23594 - 23601
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- OPTICS EXPRESS
- Volume
- 26
- Number
- 18
- Start Page
- 23594
- End Page
- 23601
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/73142
- DOI
- 10.1364/OE.26.023594
- ISSN
- 1094-4087
- Abstract
- A bifacial CdS/CdTe thin-film solar cell with a superstrate configuration was demonstrated by using copper nanowire (CuNW)/indium tin oxide (ITO) back contacts as a transparent and conductive electrode (TCE). CdS and CdTe were deposited by chemical bath deposition and close-spaced sublimation techniques, respectively. The CuNWs acted both as an acceptor dopant and TCE for the p-CdTe, improving the total cell efficiency compared to a copper-free back contact. CuNW/ITO back contacts with high optical transmittance (72.3% at 550 nm) and low sheet resistance (47.1 Omega/sq.) were obtained. The average cell efficiency of the bifacial CdS/CdTe thin-film cells with the optimized CuNW/ITO back contact was 10.0% (front-side illumination) and 0.55% (rear-side illumination). The quantum efficiencies under front-side and mar-side illumination were studied. The prepared bifacial cell can facilitate full usage of incoming sunlight (direct or diffused), enhancing the output power under cloudy conditions. (C) 2018 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement
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