Relationship of Open-Circuit Voltage to CdTe Hole Concentration and Lifetime

Joel Duenow, David Albin, Matthew Reese, Steven Johnston, Darius Kuciauskas, Wyatt Metzger, Santosh Swain, Tursun Ablekim, Kelvin Lynn, Alan Fahrenbruch, James Burst

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Abstract

We investigate the correlation of bulk CdTe and CdZnTe material properties with experimental open-circuit voltage ( Voc) through fabrication and characterization of diverse single-crystal solar cells with different dopants. Several distinct crystal types reach Voc > 900 mV. Correlations are in general agreement with Voc limits modeled from bulk minority-carrier lifetime and hole concentration.

Original languageAmerican English
Article number7568988
Pages (from-to)1641-1644
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
Volume6
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2016

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2011-2012 IEEE.

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/JA-5K00-66487

Keywords

  • Cadmium compounds
  • II-VI semiconductor materials
  • photovoltaic cells

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