在CdS/CdTe光伏设备性能上CdTe接口结构的作用
Niva K Jayswal1, Dipendra Adhikari1, Indra Subedi1
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA.
Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
|October 28, 2023
概括
化 (CdTe) 间层的视角沉积提高了太阳能电池的效率. 在CdS/CdTe连接处的六角CdTe中间层减少了格子不匹配,提高了光伏设备的性能.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 固态物理 固态物理
- 太阳能光伏发电是如何实现的
背景情况:
- Telluride (CdTe) 太阳能电池是一个关键的光伏技术.
- 对于设备性能来说,CdS/CdTe异质连接非常重要.
- 控制界面上的晶体结构对于优化太阳能电池至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究视角沉积 (GLAD) CdTe间层在定制CdS/CdTe异质连接中的作用.
- 通过控制接口属性来优化光伏 (PV) 设备的性能.
- 评估GLAD CdTe介层厚度和沉积条件对太阳能电池效率的影响.
主要方法:
- 在各种斜沉积角度 (Φ) 和温度 (室温[RT]和250°C[HT]) 准备GLAD CdTe薄膜.
- 使用GLAD CdTe作为中间层制造CdS/CdTe异质连接.
- GLAD CdTe薄膜的晶体结构 (立方,六角,混合) 的表征.
- 评估光伏设备的性能,包括开放电路电压和填充因子.
主要成果:
- 根据沉积角度和温度,GLAD CdTe膜表现出不同的晶体结构 (立方,六角,混合).
- A Φ = 80° RT GLAD CdTe中间层,具有六角结构,与六角CdS层对齐,减少格子不匹配.
- 厚度为250纳米的太阳能电池 Φ = 80° RT GLAD CdTe介层显示出显著的改善:开通电路电压和填充因子产物增加0.53V,与基线设备相比,绝对效率增加0.73%.
结论:
- 通过控制晶体结构和减少晶格不匹配,GLAD CdTe中间层可以有效地定制CdS/CdTe异质连接.
- 优化的GLAD CdTe中间层,特别是六角层,显著提高了光伏设备的性能.
- 这种接口工程方法为提高CdTe太阳能电池效率提供了一个有希望的途径.
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