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CdTe Solar Cells at CEA / LETI

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Sergio Bernardi ,
Sébastien Renet  and
Alain Million
Sergio Bernardi
Affiliation:
sergio.bernardi@cea.frsergioaq@tin.it, CEA, Grenoble, France
Sébastien Renet
Affiliation:
sebastien.renet@cea.fr, CEA, Grenoble, France
Alain Million
Affiliation:
alain.million@cea.fr, CEA, Grenoble, France
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Abstract

The present communication will present the results obtained at CEA/LETI in Grenoble, France, in the frame of an experimental work finalized to directly test the criticalities and chances of this technology row. By means of Closed Space Sublimation (CSS) and Chemical Bath Deposition (CBD) processes, appropriate annealing treatments and specific CdTe-contacting procedures, we reached the state-of-art of this technology with about 15% conversion efficiency under standard illumination conditions in “superstrate” cells configuration both for structures deposited on 3 mm thick low-iron containing sodalime glass (SLG) and Borosilicate glass (BSG).

Keywords

photovoltaicenergy generationII-VI
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1210: Symposium Q – Photovoltaic Materials and Manufacturing Issues II , 2009 , 1210-Q08-31
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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