{"title":"Thin film CdS/CdTe solar cells","authors":"W.J. Danaher, L.E. Lyons, G.C. Morris","doi":"10.1016/0378-5963(85)90243-0","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The effects of processes used in making thin film ITO/CdS/CdTe/Au heterojunction solar cells have been investigated. In particular, air annealing the ITO/CdS/CdTe layer is shown, from spectral evidence, to produce a heterojunction. XPS evidence shows that this heating forms CdO and TeO<sub>2</sub> on the CdTe surface and that these are removed by a KOH etch. A further bromine/methanol etch leaves a Te-rich surface which forms an injecting contact with the Au top electrode into which the Te mixes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100105,"journal":{"name":"Applications of Surface Science","volume":"22 ","pages":"Pages 1083-1090"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1985-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0378-5963(85)90243-0","citationCount":"19","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Applications of Surface Science","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0378596385902430","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The effects of processes used in making thin film ITO/CdS/CdTe/Au heterojunction solar cells have been investigated. In particular, air annealing the ITO/CdS/CdTe layer is shown, from spectral evidence, to produce a heterojunction. XPS evidence shows that this heating forms CdO and TeO2 on the CdTe surface and that these are removed by a KOH etch. A further bromine/methanol etch leaves a Te-rich surface which forms an injecting contact with the Au top electrode into which the Te mixes.