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Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Kentucky

Theses/Dissertations

2011

Cadmium Telluride

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Investigations Of Cuinte2 / Cds & Cdte / Cds Heterojunction Solar Cells, Venkatesh Gutta Jan 2011

Investigations Of Cuinte2 / Cds & Cdte / Cds Heterojunction Solar Cells, Venkatesh Gutta

University of Kentucky Master's Theses

Thin film solar cells of Copper Indium Telluride and Cadmium Sulfide junctions were fabricated on plain ITO glass slides and also on those coated with intrinsic Tin Oxide. CdS was deposited through chemical bath deposition and CIT by electrodeposition. Both compounds were subjected to annealing at temperatures between 350°C and 500°C which produced more uniform film thicknesses and larger grain sizes. The CIT/ CdS junction was characterized after performing XRD and spectral absorption of individual compounds.

Studies were also made on CdS / CdTe solar cells with respect to effect of annealing temperatures on open circuit voltages. NP acid etch, …