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Investigation of electrical and structural properties of In-doped CdTe/CdS thin-film solar cells produced by E-beam techniques

I. KIRBAS1,* , R. KARABACAK2, K. YILMAZ3, D. TAKANOGLU3

Affiliation

  1. Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Vocational School of Technical Sciences, 15100 Burdur, Turkey
  2. Pamukkale University, Engineering Faculty, Mechanical Engineering Department, 20070 Denizli, Turkey
  3. Pamukkale University, Arts and Science Faculty, Department of Physics, 20020 Denizli, Turkey

Abstract

In the current study, the electron beam (e-beam) evaporation deposition technique was utilized to examine the effect of annealing on the structural and electrical properties of In-doped CdTe/CdS thin-film solar cells. Thin-film solar cells were deposited onto the ITO-coated glass substrate with the e-beam technique. These solar cells were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy dispersive X-ray (EDS) analysis. The crystallite size, inter-planer distance, and lattice constant values were calculated for the thin-film solar cells using XRD data. The current–voltage (I–V) characteristics of the solar cells were examined by solar simulator..

Keywords

Thin-film solar cells, E-beam, In-doped CdTe, Structural properties, Electrical properties.

Citation

I. KIRBAS, R. KARABACAK, K. YILMAZ, D. TAKANOGLU, Investigation of electrical and structural properties of In-doped CdTe/CdS thin-film solar cells produced by E-beam techniques, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 12, 7-8, July-August 2018, pp.413-416 (2018).

Submitted at: March 14, 2017

Accepted at: Aug. 9, 2018