Study on the ITO/ZnO interface and its effect on CdS/CdTe solar cell performance
Vol. 28 No. 2 (2015), Research Papers
Vol. 28 No. 2 (2015)

Study on the ITO/ZnO interface and its effect on CdS/CdTe solar cell performance

Research Papers
Published 2016-12-16
M. Zapata Torres
Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada del Instituto Politécnico Nacional
E. Hernández Rodríguez
Departamento de Física Aplicada, CINVESTAV –IPN, Unidad Mérida
R. Mis Fernández
Departamento de Física Aplicada, CINVESTAV –IPN, Unidad Mérida
V. Rejon
Departamento de Física Aplicada, CINVESTAV –IPN, Unidad Mérida
J. L. Peña
Departamento de Física Aplicada, CINVESTAV –IPN, Unidad Mérida
E. Valaguez Velazquez
Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinarias en Ingeniería y Tecnologías Avanzadas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional
A. Márquez Herrera
Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica Agrícola, DICIVA, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, Universidad de Guanajuato
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Keywords

ITO
ZnO
Interface
solar cell

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Zapata Torres, M., Hernández Rodríguez, E., Mis Fernández, R., Rejon, V., Peña, J. L., Valaguez Velazquez, E., & Márquez Herrera, A. (2016). Study on the ITO/ZnO interface and its effect on CdS/CdTe solar cell performance. Superficies Y Vacío, 28(2), 61-65. Retrieved from https://superficiesyvacio.smctsm.org.mx/index.php/SyV/article/view/119
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Abstract

ZnO thin films have been deposited on ITO coated glass substrates, using RF magnetron reactive sputtering from a Zn target. The ZnO films were annealed at 560 °C for 1 hour, in order to promote the diffusion of the ITO into ZnO. The properties of the samples were analyzed by X- ray diffraction (XRD), UV-Vis spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The ITO/ZnO interface showed a diffusion of 50 nm approximately. In order to study the effect of ZnO thickness, in the performance of the CdS/CdTe solar cell, we used an AMPS-1D solar simulator; the results showed that reduction of the ZnO thickness had a weak influence in the efficiency of the solar cell.

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