Advanced Characterization of Thin Film Solar Cells

This book provides researchers with a concise overview of the status of thin-film solar cell technology and characterization. Chapters describe material systems and their properties, and then provide an in-depth look at relevant characterization methods and the learning facilitated by each of these

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Al-Jassim, Mowafak (Editor ), Haegel, N. M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stevenage Institution of Engineering and Technology 2020
Colección:IET energy engineering series ; 166.
Temas:
Solar cells.
Cellules solaires.
solar cells.
Solar cells
copper compounds
NMR spectrometers
photoelectron spectroscopy
photoluminescence
scanning-transmission electron microscopy
semiconductor thin films
solar cells
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : motivation of polycrystalline thin-film solar cells / Wyatt Metzger
  • Patterns in the control of CdTe solar cell performance / Ken Durose
  • Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ and related materials / Angus Rockett
  • Perovskite solar cells / Fei Zhang and Kai Zhu
  • Photovoltaic device modeling : a multi-scale, multi-physics approach / Marco Nardone
  • Luminescence and thermal imaging of thin-film photovoltaic materials, devices, and modules / Dana B. Sulas-Kern and Steve Johnston
  • Application of spatially resolved spectroscopy characterization techniques on Cu₂ZnSnSe₄ solar cells / Qiong Chen and Yong Zhang
  • Time-resolved photoluminescence characterization of polycrystalline thin-film solar cells / Darius Kuciauskas
  • Fundamentals of electrical material and device spectroscopies applied to thin-film polycrystalline chalcogenide solar cells / Michael A. Scarpulla
  • Nanometer-scale characterization of thin-film solar cells by atomic force microscopy-based electrical probes / Chen-Shange Jiang
  • STEM characterization of solar cells / Jinglong Guo, Tadas Paulauskas and Robert F. Klie
  • Photoelectron spectroscopy methods in solar cell research / Glenn Teeter and Phililp Schulz
  • Time-of-flight secondary-ion mass spectrometry and atom probe tomography / Steven P. Harvey and Oana Cojocaru-Mirédin
  • Solid-state NMR characterization for PV applications / Elizabeth Pogue
  • Summary and outlook / Daniel Abou-Ras and Steve Harvey
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • About the editors
  • 1. Introduction-Motivation of polycrystalline thin-film solar cells | Wyatt Metzger
  • References
  • 2. Patterns in the control of CdTe solar cell performance | Ken Durose
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Device architectures and key innovations in the development of CdTe solar cells
  • 2.2.1 Superstrate CdS/CdTe solar cell
  • 2.2.2 Chloride treatment of CdTe
  • 2.2.3 Implementation of growth methods that work best for CdTe and CdS
  • 2.2.4 Graded junction Cd(Se,Te) solar cell
  • 2.3 CdTe deposition and the As-deposited films
  • 2.4 Processing the CdTe and its effects on device performance, microstructure and defect chemistry
  • 2.4.1 Effects of chlorides on device performance
  • 2.4.2 Doping in CdTe and the origins of impurities in solar cells
  • 2.4.3 Grain boundaries, extended defects, metallurgical changes and electrical passivation
  • 2.4.4 Metallurgical changes in CdTe upon processing with chlorides
  • 2.4.5 Role of grain boundaries in solar cell operation
  • 2.4.6 Alternative chloride treatments
  • 2.5 Contacts to CdTe and rear surface field engineering
  • 2.5.1 Contacts to p-CdTe
  • 2.5.2 Rear surface field engineering
  • electron reflectors and interface passivation layers
  • 2.6 n-CdS partner layer and alternatives for it
  • 2.6.1 CdS window layers
  • 2.6.2 Oxide bilayers with CdS or 'high resistance transparent' layers
  • 2.6.3 MZO interfacial layers
  • 2.6.4 Oxygenated CdS-CdS:O
  • 2.7 Devices with graded Cd(Se,Te) junctions
  • 2.8 Cadmium and tellurium issues
  • 2.8.1 Cadmium
  • 2.8.2 Tellurium
  • 2.9 Conclusions and outlook
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 3. Cu(In,Ga)Se2 and related materials | Angus Rockett
  • 3.1 Overview of CIGS semiconductors
  • 3.1.1 Optoelectronic properties of CIGS
  • 3.1.2 Phases and compounds
  • 3.1.3 CIGS alloys
  • 3.2 CIGS devices
  • 3.2.1 Overview
  • 3.2.2 The back contact
  • 3.2.3 The front contact
  • 3.3 Intrinsic defects in CIGS
  • 3.4 Extrinsic impurities in CIGS
  • References
  • 4. Perovskite solar cells | Fei Zhang and Kai Zhu
  • 4.1 Overview of perovskite solar cells
  • 4.2 Structural and optoelectronic properties of perovskites
  • 4.2.1 Crystal structure
  • 4.2.2 Optoelectronic properties
  • 4.2.3 Defect characteristics
  • 4.3 PSC device architectures and fabrication approaches
  • 4.3.1 Typical device architectures of PSCs
  • 4.3.2 Common device fabrication approaches
  • 4.4 R&D challenges of PSCs
  • 4.4.1 Stability
  • 4.4.2 Material toxicity
  • 4.4.3 Scaling up
  • 4.5 Future research trend of PSCs
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 5. Photovoltaic device modeling: a multi-scale, multi-physics approach | Marco Nardone
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Physics for multi-scale PV device simulation
  • 5.2.1 Micro-diode scale modeling
  • 5.2.2 Cell-scale modeling
  • 5.2.3 Module-scale modeling
  • 5.3 Modeling defect kinetics: CdTe device example
  • 5.3.1 Baseline CdTe model

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