Investigation of electrical and structural properties of in-doped CdTe/CdS thin-film solar cells produced by E-beam techniques

Abstract

In the current study, the electron beam (e-beam) evaporation deposition technique was utilized to examine the effect of annealing on the structural and electrical properties of In-doped CdTe/CdS thin-film solar cells. Thin-film solar cells were deposited onto the ITO-coated glass substrate with the e-beam technique. These solar cells were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy dispersive X-ray (EDS) analysis. The crystallite size, inter-planer distance, and lattice constant values were calculated for the thin-film solar cells using XRD data. The current– voltage (I–V) characteristics of the solar cells were examined by solar simulator. © 2018, National Institute of Optoelectronics. All rights reserved.