Contacting technology for thin film CdTe photovoltaic modules

Ghosh, B., Miles, Robert and Carter, M. J. (1996) Contacting technology for thin film CdTe photovoltaic modules. Electronics Letters, 32 (10). pp. 932-933. ISSN 0013-5194

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Abstract

Improvement of a reliable contacting metallurgy is the present key issue for the successful exploitation of CdTe photovoltaic modules. Many contacting schemes have been proposed to overcome this bottleneck; however, each proposition has its own limitation. Moreover, thermodynamic stability is the real question for a contacting metallurgy. A technology is described which is not only thermodynamically stable but also low cost. The method of deposition is simple with a high throughput and can be adopted for large scale commercial applications. To the best of our knowledge using this contacting technology this is the first time a high value of Jsc has been obtained from large area devices.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	photovoltaic cells, solar cells
Subjects:	H600 Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Department:	Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering
Depositing User:	Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited:	16 Feb 2015 16:55
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2019 18:32
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/18908

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