12.3% Efficient Lifted-Off and Reconstructed As-Doped CdTe Thin Film Solar Cell

Ochai Oklobia; Deborah L. McGott; Giray Kartopu; Steve Jones; Stuart J.C. Irvine

doi:10.1109/PVSC48320.2023.10359790

12.3% Efficient Lifted-Off and Reconstructed As-Doped CdTe Thin Film Solar Cell

Ochai Oklobia, Deborah L. McGott, Giray Kartopu, Steve Jones, Stuart J.C. Irvine

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CdTe:As devices grown by MOCVD in the superstrate configuration have been reconfigured to a substrate structure, by employing a cleaving and reconstruction technique. Indium and aluminium doped Zinc oxide (IZO and AZO) layers were used as the transparent front interface without a metal grid. A substrate efficiency of 12.3% was realized with AZO front contact, retaining 80% of the superstrate device efficiency and an impressive 99% of the open-circuit voltage. The IZO-based substrate device on the other hand performed at ~ 69^% retained efficiency. The crucial role of front interfaces is highlighted by the two contacts used here. The results in this work show promise for the development of highly efficient substrate CdTe:As devices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2023
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ, USA
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665460590
ISBN (Print)	9781665460606
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC48320.2023.10359790
Publication status	Published - 11 Jun 2023
Event	50th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2023 - San Juan, United States Duration: 11 Jun 2023 → 16 Jun 2023

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Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

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Conference	50th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Juan
Period	11/06/23 → 16/06/23

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Oklobia, O, McGott, DL, Kartopu, G, Jones, S & Irvine, SJC 2023, 12.3% Efficient Lifted-Off and Reconstructed As-Doped CdTe Thin Film Solar Cell. in 2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2023. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 50th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2023, San Juan, United States, 11/06/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC48320.2023.10359790

12.3% Efficient Lifted-Off and Reconstructed As-Doped CdTe Thin Film Solar Cell. / Oklobia, Ochai; McGott, Deborah L.; Kartopu, Giray et al.
2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2023. Piscataway, NJ, USA: IEEE, 2023. (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

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