Optical and structural properties of sputtered CdS films for thin film solar cell applications

Donguk Kim; Young Park; Minha Kim; Youngkwan Choi; Yong Seob Park; Jaehyoeng Lee

doi:10.1016/j.materresbull.2015.03.024

Optical and structural properties of sputtered CdS films for thin film solar cell applications

Donguk Kim
, Young Park
, Minha Kim
, Youngkwan Choi
, Yong Seob Park
, Jaehyoeng Lee

Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Sungkyunkwan University
Korea Railroad Research Institute
Water Facility Research Center
Chosun College of Science and Technology

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Abstract

CdS thin films were prepared by radio frequency magnetron sputtering at various temperatures. The effects of growth temperature on crystallinity, surface morphology and optical properties of the films were characterized with X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), Raman spectra, UV-visible spectrophotometry, and photoluminescence (PL) spectra. As the growth temperature was increased, the crystallinity of the sputtered CdS films was improved and the grains were enlarged. The characteristics of CdS/CdTe thin film solar cell appeared to be significantly influenced by the growth temperature of the CdS films. Thin film CdS/CdTe solar cells with efficiencies of 9.41% were prepared at a growth temperature of 300 °C.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	78-83
Number of pages	6
Journal	Materials Research Bulletin
Volume	69
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2015.03.024
State	Published - 1 Sep 2015

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Keywords

A. Semiconductors
A. Thin film
B. Luminescence
B. Optical properties
B. Sputtering
C. Raman spectroscopy

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