<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">In this study, a solar cell with a glass/ITO/CdS/PbS/Al structure was constructed. Both window (CdS) and absorption (PbS) layers were deposited by chemical bath deposition (CBD) method. The CdS window layer was deposited on ITO-glass. The PbS nanocrystalline thin film was prepared with and without triethanolamine on CdS films at bath temperature of 25 °C. CdS and PbS nanocrystals were identified using XRD and SEM. The cells are photosensitive in a large spectral range (at visible and near infrared regions). The cell with absorbing layer obtained from the bath without TEA has higher efficiency with the following parameters: the open circuit voltage (Voc) is 275 mV, short circuit current (Jsc) is 12.24 mA/cm2, maximum voltage (Vmax) is 165 mV and maximum current (Jmax) is 7.11 mA/cm2 with the efficiency η = 1.31 %, fill factor FF is 32 % under the illumination intensity of 90 mW/cm2. The cells have an area of 0.15 cm2.</abstract>

In this study, a solar cell with a glass/ITO/CdS/PbS/Al structure was constructed. Both window (CdS) and absorption (PbS) layers were deposited by chemical bath deposition (CBD) method. The CdS window layer was deposited on ITO-glass. The PbS nanocrystalline thin film was prepared with and without triethanolamine on CdS films at bath temperature of 25 °C. CdS and PbS nanocrystals were identified using XRD and SEM. The cells are photosensitive in a large spectral range (at visible and near infrared regions). The cell with absorbing layer obtained from the bath without TEA has higher efficiency with the following parameters: the open circuit voltage (Voc) is 275 mV, short circuit current (Jsc) is 12.24 mA/cm2, maximum voltage (Vmax) is 165 mV and maximum current (Jmax) is 7.11 mA/cm2 with the efficiency η = 1.31 %, fill factor FF is 32 % under the illumination intensity of 90 mW/cm2. The cells have an area of 0.15 cm2.

Effect of TEA on characteristics of CdS/PbS thin film solar cells prepared by CBD

Materials Science-Poland

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In this study, a solar cell with a glass/ITO/CdS/PbS/Al structure was constructed. Both window (CdS) and absorption (PbS) layers were deposited by chemical...

Effect of TEA on characteristics of CdS/PbS thin film solar cells prepared by CBD

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Sep 12, 2016

Page range: 540 - 547

Received: Oct 08, 2015

Accepted: May 30, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2016-0072

Keywords
nanocrystalline films, solar cell, chemical bath deposition

© 2016 H. Sattarian et al., published by Sciendo

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Effect of TEA on characteristics of CdS/PbS thin film solar cells prepared by CBD

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Sep 12, 2016

Page range: 540 - 547

Received: Oct 08, 2015

Accepted: May 30, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2016-0072

Keywordsnanocrystalline films, solar cell, chemical bath deposition

© 2016 H. Sattarian et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
nanocrystalline films, solar cell, chemical bath deposition