微电子技术论文s10854-016-5343-2.pdfVIP

JMaterSci:MaterElectron(2016)27:11961–11973

DOI10.1007/s10854-016-5343-2

Thermalevolutionofphysicalpropertiesofvacuumevaporated

polycrystallineCdTethinfilmsforsolarcells

SubhashChander1,2•M.S.Dhaka1,2

Received:4April2016/Accepted:9July2016/Publishedonline:25July2016

SpringerScience+BusinessMediaNewYork2016

AbstractThispaperreportsthechangeinoptical,struc-1Introduction

tural,morphologicalandelectricalpropertiesofCdTethin

filmswithpost-depositionthermaltreatmentinairatmo-Thephotovoltaicconversionofsolarenergyisoneofmost

sphere.Thepolycrystallinecadmiumtelluride(CdTe)thinpotentiallyreliableandattractivetechniquetodevelopan

filmsofthickness850nmweredepositedonglassandITOalternateenergyresourceforsustainabledevelopmentof

coatedglasssubstratesbythermalvacuumevaporationthesociety.Forthelastfivedecades,acontinuousresearch

techniquefollowedbyannealingatdifferenttemperatureeffortisgoingontodeveloplowcostandhighefficient

150,250and350C.Thephysicalpropertieshavebeensolarcellsusingcompoundsemiconductorthinfilmsdueto

investigatedusingcharacterizationtoolslikeUV–Vistheirpotentialapplicationsinthefieldofsolarcellsand

spectrophotometer,X-raydiffraction,scanningelectronoptoelectronicdeviceslikesolarcontrol,opticalimaging,

microscopycoupledwithEDSandsourcemeter.Thesolarselectivecoating,photoconductors,opticalfibers,

opticaltransmittancewasobservedtoincreasewithpost-lightemittingdiodes,hologramrecordingandopticalmass

depositionheattreatmentwhichrevealedthesystematic