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Growth optimization of ZnxCd1-xS films on ITO and FTO coated glass for alternative buffer application in CdTe thin film solar cells

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dc.contributor.authorHossain M.S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRahman K.S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorIslam M.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAkhtaruzzaman M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMisran H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAlghoul M.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAmin N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57212814508en_US
dc.contributor.authorid56348138800en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57220973693en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57195441001en_US
dc.contributor.authorid6506899840en_US
dc.contributor.authorid8626748100en_US
dc.contributor.authorid7102424614en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-29T06:50:04Z
dc.date.available2023-05-29T06:50:04Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionCadmium sulfide; Cadmium telluride; Energy dispersive spectroscopy; Fabrication; Field emission microscopes; Film growth; II-VI semiconductors; Indium compounds; ITO glass; Lime; Magnetron sputtering; Nanocomposites; Open circuit voltage; Scanning electron microscopy; Semiconductor alloys; Solar cells; Thin films; Tin oxides; X ray diffraction; Zinc sulfide; CdTe; Energy dispersive X ray spectroscopy; FESEM; Field emission scanning electron microscopy; Fluorine doped tin oxide; Hall effect measurement; Soda lime glass substrate; ZnxCd1-xS; Thin film solar cellsen_US
dc.description.abstractIn this study, ZnxCd1-xS/CdTe solar cells were fabricated on commercially available indium tin oxide (In2O3: Sn or ITO) and fluorine doped tin oxide (SnO2: F or FTO) soda-lime glass (SLG) substrates by RF magnetron sputtering. Thin ZnxCd1-xS window layers with lower zinc (Zn) content in comparison to cadmium (Cd) were deposited by co-sputtering of ZnS and CdS targets concurrently by changing the radio frequency (RF) power of both during sputtering. CdTe thin films for the complete cells were also grown by sputtering with different thickness. Prior to fabricating the complete device, characterization for growth optimization of ZnxCd1-xS window layer and CdTe absorber layer was performed by utilizing Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Ultraviolet�visible spectroscopy (UV�Vis), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) and Hall effect measurement system. Complete ZnxCd1-xS/CdTe solar cells were fabricated with the optimized growth conditions of window and absorber layers. The best cell fabricated on ITO coated SLG substrates showed an efficiency of 8.08% with significant open circuit voltage (Voc) of 882 mV. � 2018 Elsevier B.V.en_US
dc.description.natureFinalen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.optmat.2018.09.045
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dc.identifier.urihttps://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/23523
dc.identifier.volume86
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.en_US
dc.sourceScopus
dc.sourcetitleOptical Materials
dc.titleGrowth optimization of ZnxCd1-xS films on ITO and FTO coated glass for alternative buffer application in CdTe thin film solar cellsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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