New approaches to chemical bath deposition of chalcogenides

Paul O'Brien; Markus R. Heinrich; David J. Otway; Odile Robbe; Alexander Bayer; David S. Boyle

New approaches to chemical bath deposition of chalcogenides

Paul O'Brien
, Markus R. Heinrich
, David J. Otway
, Odile Robbe
, Alexander Bayer
, David S. Boyle

University of Manchester
Imperial College London
Durham University

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We have been studying new approaches to conventional Chemical Bath Deposition (CBD) of chalcogenide containing materials, using continuous circulation and replenishment of CBD solution over a heated substrate. Crystalline thin films produced by this method offer potential for use in solar cell devices or other optoelectronic applications. Films of CdS, ZnS and the ternary material Cd _xZn _1-xS have been deposited on TO-glass substrates. In this paper we demonstrate our approach for the deposition of CdS films. These have been characterized by XPS, SEM, XRD and UV/vis spectroscopy and shown to be good quality. The films have been used to fabricate Au/CdTe/CdS/TO-glass solar cells of efficiency 10.1% under AM1.5 illumination.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	199-204
Number of pages	6
Journal	Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
Volume	606
Publication status	Published - 2000
Externally published	Yes
Event	Chemical Processing of Dielectrics, Insulators and Electronic Ceramics - Boston, MA, USA Duration: 29 Nov 1999 → 1 Dec 1999

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New approaches to chemical bath deposition of chalcogenides

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