Synthesis and characterization of 10% Sb doped CdTe thin films by stacked elemental layer (SEL) method

Preparation and near-infrared absorption of nano-SnO2/SiO2 assemblies with doping and without doping

“…In order to improve or modulate the thermal absorption ability of mesoporous solids, the assemblies of nano-particles with the mesoporous solids were designed [8][9][10][11]. The near-infrared absorption study of the assemblies of nano-particles with the mesoporous solids has been reported [12]. But the studies on the near-infrared absorption of Sb-and Pd-doped assemblies are very rare.…”

Segregation of Te at the back contact in electrochemically deposited CdTe thin film solar cells

“…Instead, a highly textured wurtzite structure in the (0 0 2) plane can be seen following the annealing/CdCl 2 treatment. Furthermore, Shanmugan et al [9] reported the appearance of mixed phases during annealing over 300 1C of CdTe deposited by stacked elemental layer method. This is debatable as some peak positions such as (0 0 2) of wurtzite differ from the position of (1 1 1) of zinc blende only by 0.002Å.…”

Studies on Structural Properties of CdTe (Doped Ag) Thin Films on Glass Substrates-Solar Cell Applications

“…Figure 1 clearly shows that as the temperature increases, the peaks due to excessive elements and compounds disappear. The extra elements react with each other and undergoes thermal diffusion with increasing annealing temperature [6], leaving behind more peaks which correspond to CdTe compound. The XRD spectra of another set of samples with 10% Ag doped films are presented in Figure 1(b).…”

“…To enhance the film uniformity; the rotary drive assembly was used. The stacked layers (Te/Cd/Te/Ag/Cd) were allowed to isochronal annealing from 200C -425C for 1 hour in Argon (Ar) gas atmosphere in a separate vacuum furnace [6]. The structural studies were carried out using CuKα radiation [λ = 1.540598nm] in High resolution X-ray Diffractometer System (model: PANalytical PRO MRD).…”