ZnTe:Cu Film Properties and Their Impact on CdS/CdTe Devices

Timothy Gessert; Craig Perkins; Bobby To; Brooke Faulkner; Tim Ohno; James Burst

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925392

ZnTe:Cu Film Properties and Their Impact on CdS/CdTe Devices

Timothy Gessert, Craig Perkins, Bobby To, Brooke Faulkner, Tim Ohno, James Burst

Materials Science

Colorado School of Mines

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Abstract

A back contact containing a sputtered ZnTe:Cu interface layer can produce high-performing thin-film CdS/CdTe photovoltaic devices. We have found that small changes in ZnTe:Cu sputtering target fabrication processes affect the properties of the ZnTe:Cu films, which affect the performance of the resulting devices. Different target manufacturing techniques were investigated to study changes in ZnTe:Cu film properties and how they impact device performance. Compositional, optical, and electrical properties of films made from different target recipes were studied. It was found that the amount of oxygen in the targets and films is strongly linked to changes in material properties, especially in band tailing and optical bandgap.

Original language	American English
Pages	2321-2325
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925392 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925392
State	Published - 15 Oct 2014
Event	40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014 - Denver, United States Duration: 8 Jun 2014 → 13 Jun 2014

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Conference	40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Denver
Period	8/06/14 → 13/06/14

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