Chromium thin film solar cells

Paper-thin solar cell can turn any surface into a power source

Paper-thin solar cell can turn any surface into a power source

A search for new back contacts for CdTe solar cells

Cadmium telluride (CdTe) is now the leading thin-film photovoltaic (PV) technology on the market. While CdTe thin-film solar cells have achieved impressive conversion efficiencies of >22% (), there is a growing interest in the research community and industry to reach practical efficiency limits approaching 28%, which has been achieved by …

Efficiency enhancement of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cells by chromium ...

1. Introduction. The Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) alloy has attracted attention in the photovoltaic (PV) community as a nontoxic and earth-abundant light absorbing material, to replace Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 (CIGS) and CdTe semiconductors that are widely used in thin film solar cells. The high absorption coefficient (above 10 4 cm −1) and the energy band gap …

Thin-Film Solar Panels: An In-Depth Guide | Types, Pros & Cons

When talking about solar technology, most people think about one type of solar panel which is crystalline silicon (c-Si) technology. While this is the most popular technology, there is another great option with a promising outlook: thin-film solar technology. Thin-film solar technology has been around for more than 4 decades and …

SCAPS study on the effect of various hole transport layer on highly efficient 31.86% eco-friendly CZTS based solar cell …

SCAPS study on the effect of various hole transport layer ...

Effect of MAX phase chromium aluminum carbide thin film …

In recent years, chromium aluminum carbide (Cr 2 AlC) has gained attention because of its good performance in terms of high-temperature resistance, transparency and conductivity. Therefore, it has been widely used in solar cells, photonics and electronics.

Self-healing perovskite solar cells based on copolymer-templated …

Li, C. et al. Perovskite solar cell using a two-dimensional titania nanosheet thin film as the compact layer. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 7, 15117–15122 (2015).

CdTe thin film solar cell with NiO as a back contact buffer layer

In this work, p-type NiO thin film was applied as a buffer layer in the back contact for CdTe thin film solar cell fabrication. The NiO layers were prepared by electron beam evaporation. By optimizing NiO layer thickness in the back contact a CdTe solar cell with an efficiency of 12.17% and an open-circuit voltage V oc of 790 mV has been …

Efficiency enhancement of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cells by chromium ...

We report for the first time the effect of a chromium-doped absorber layer on the performance of Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) thin film solar cells TS:Cr films were deposited on Soda-Lime glass substrates through a double step method that includes sulfurization of a sputtered stack of Zn–Cr/Sn/Cu metallic layers. Cr was introduced as a …

The Key to Thin-Film Solar-Cell Efficiency

Thin-film solar cells made their debut in pocket calculators, but they are now a serious competitor to silicon cells for power generation, with comparable efficiencies and rapidly decreasing costs. …

Photovoltaic Technology: The Case for Thin-Film …

Crystalline silicon thin-film solar cells deposited by PECVD can be easily combined with amorphous silicon solar cells to form tandem cells (Fig. 5); the bandgaps involved (1.1 eV for crystalline silicon …

Rapid thermal evaporation for cadmium selenide thin-film solar cells …

Cadmium selenide (CdSe) belongs to the binary II-VI group semiconductor with a direct bandgap of ∼1.7 eV. The suitable bandgap, high stability, and low manufacturing cost make CdSe an extraordinary candidate as the top cell material in silicon-based tandem solar cells. However, only a few studies have focused on CdSe thin-film …

CdTe thin film solar cells with a SnTe buffer layer in back contact

The SnTe thin film is a suitable hole transport layer for CdTe solar cells. • A Cu-free cell with 100 nm SnTe buffer layer at back contract is fabricated. • The ZnTe: Cu/SnTe buffer layers achieve nearly 40 mV improvement in V oc.

Cadmium Telluride/Cadmium Sulfide Thin Films Solar Cells: A …

The efficiency and steadiness of solar cells are dependent on the experimental conditions during the fabrication of the device. In the present review, development in the last few decades in CdTe/CdS solar cells on different conducting substrates, their characterizations, and their effect on their performances has been illustrated. The variations in the efficiency …

Thin-film solar cell

OverviewEnvironmental and health impactHistoryTheory of operationMaterialsEfficienciesProduction, cost and marketDurability and lifetime

In order to meet international renewable energy goals, the worldwide solar capacity must increase significantly. For example, to keep up with the International Energy Agency''s goal of 4674 GW of solar capacity installed globally by 2050, significant expansion is required from the 1185 GW installed globally as of 2022. As thin-film solar cells have become more efficient and commercially-viable, it has become clear that they will play an important role in meeting these goals. As such, …

Bifacial CdTe Solar Cells with Copper Chromium Oxide

In the current context of renewable energy development, CdTe polycrystalline thin-film solar cells are expected to have broad prospects in fields such as Building Integrated Photovoltaics.

A critical perspective for emerging ultra-thin solar cells with ultra …

Apostolos Panagiotopoulos, Temur Maksudov, George Kakavelakis, George Perrakis, Essa A. Alharbi, Dimitar Kutsarov, Furkan H. Isikgor, Salman Alfihed, Konstantinos Petridis, Maria Kafesaki, S. Ravi P. Silva, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, Michael Graetzel; A critical perspective for emerging ultra-thin solar cells with ultra-high power …

Photon shifting and trapping in perovskite solar cells for improved …

4 · Advanced light management techniques can enhance the sunlight absorption of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). A rigorous coupled optical and electrical model was …

Efficiency enhancement of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cells by chromium …

First reported Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cell doped with Cr. • Cr replaces Zn in the Cu2Zn1−xCrxSnS4 kesterite structure up to x = 0.04. Demonstrated improvement in optical absorption and carrier lifetime. • Due to Cr doping. • …

A review of thin film solar cell technologies and challenges

α-Si, CdTe and CIGS are the three most widely commercialized thin film solar cells. Common among the three materials is their direct band gap (Table 1), which enables the use of very thin material [3].They also have a …

Investigation of Chromium to Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) Ohmic Contact for Thin Film Solar cell Application

INVESTIGATION OF CHROMIUM TO INDIUM TIN OXIDE (ITO) OHMIC CONTACT FOR THIN FILM SOLAR CELL APPLICATION Elaheh Akbarnejad 1,2, Nasrin Khazamipour 2, Haneh S.younessi 2,3, Ebrahim A.Soleimani 2 1 Azad Islamic University of Iran-Center Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran ...

Research Article Chromium nanostructures for enhancing light trapping in a thin-film solar cell …

Thin-film solar cells (TFSCs) are made by depositing a thin layer of photovoltaic material, such as a-Si, CdTe, CIGS, on a solid substance, like glass or metal. Within this context, Lee and Ebong (2017) have extensively reviewed the technology, marketing, and reliability of the three major TFSCs [2].

Chromium thin film deposition on ITO substrate by RF sputtering

To obtain a suitable ohmic contact with the lowest resistivity, chromium (Cr) thin films were deposited on transparent conductive oxide indium tin oxide (ITO) by RF sputtering method in argon atmosphere and its electrical properties were optimized. The deposition of Cr thin film has been performed for the layers with thickness of 150, 300 …

Organic solar cells with p-type amorphous chromium oxide thin film as hole-transporting layer …

Efficient organic solar cells based on the blends of poly (3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT):fullerene derivative [6,6]-phenyl-C 61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) composites have been fabricated by using the sputtered amorphous chromium oxide (ACO) film on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) coated glass substrates as a hole-transporting layer (HTL).

Two-dimensional GeSe for high performance thin-film …

GeSe has emerged as an appealing photovoltaic material due to the desirable electronic and optical properties as well as being an …

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