Revolutionary novel and low cost CMBD method for fabrication of CdTe absorber layer for use in thin film solar cells

T. M. Razykov; N. Amin; M. Alghoul; B. Ergashev; C. S. Ferekides; Y. Goswami; M. K. Hakkulov; K. M. Kouchkarov; K. Sopian; M. Y. Sulaiman; H. S. Ullal

doi:10.1179/1753555712Y.0000000037

Revolutionary novel and low cost CMBD method for fabrication of CdTe absorber layer for use in thin film solar cells

T. M. Razykov^*
, N. Amin
, M. Alghoul
, B. Ergashev
, C. S. Ferekides
, Y. Goswami
, M. K. Hakkulov
, K. M. Kouchkarov
, K. Sopian
, M. Y. Sulaiman
, H. S. Ullal

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We developed revolutionary novel and low cost and non-vacuum chemical molecular beam deposition method for fabrication of thin film II-VI solar cells in the atmospheric pressure gas (He, Ar and H2) flow. High quality polycrystalline CdTe films with different compositions (stoichiometric and Cd/Te ≤1.0 and Cd/Te >1.0) and thickness of 2-3 μm were fabricated on ceramic (SiO ₂- Al ₂O ₃) substrates at a temperature of 600°C. Separate sources of Cd and Te with respective purities of 99.999% were used as precursors. The growth rate was varied in the range of 9- 30 Å s ^-1. The effects of the composition and CdCl ₂ treatment on the structure, intrinsic point defects and electrical properties of CdTe films were investigated by X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy, Raman spectra, photoluminescence and Hall methods.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-20
Number of pages	6
Journal	Materials Technology
Volume	28
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1179/1753555712Y.0000000037
State	Published - Mar 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

CdTe
Chemical molecular beam deposition
Morphology
Photoluminescence
Resistivity
Thin film

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General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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Razykov, T. M., Amin, N., Alghoul, M., Ergashev, B., Ferekides, C. S., Goswami, Y., Hakkulov, M. K., Kouchkarov, K. M., Sopian, K., Sulaiman, M. Y., & Ullal, H. S. (2013). Revolutionary novel and low cost CMBD method for fabrication of CdTe absorber layer for use in thin film solar cells. Materials Technology, 28(1-2), 15-20. https://doi.org/10.1179/1753555712Y.0000000037

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Revolutionary novel and low cost CMBD method for fabrication of CdTe absorber layer for use in thin film solar cells

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