Flexible solar cells in milliseconds: Pulse thermal processing of CdTe devices

S. L. Murray; A. R. Klein; C. S. Murray; K. A. Schroder; I. M. Rawson; T. Ju; B. M. Evans; J. A. Angelini; D. C. Harper; D. Tillett; C. E. Duty; R. D. Ott; C. A. Blue; J. D. Rivard; T. Gessert; R. Noufi

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186651

Flexible solar cells in milliseconds: Pulse thermal processing of CdTe devices

S. L. Murray, A. R. Klein, C. S. Murray, K. A. Schroder, I. M. Rawson, T. Ju, B. M. Evans, J. A. Angelini, D. C. Harper, D. Tillett, C. E. Duty, R. D. Ott, C. A. Blue, J. D. Rivard, T. Gessert, R. Noufi

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Materials for a CdTe solar cell (ITO/CdS/CdTe/Cu/Pt) were sputtered at room temperature onto kapton, then transformed from resistive layers into a working solar cell by Pulse Thermal Processing (PTP), a novel radiant heat treatment developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Unlike conventional device fabrication approaches, the solar cell was a complete device, front-to-back contact, prior to heat treatment. In this proof-of-concept approach, the I-V curves for the as-deposited sputtered materials demonstrate little measurable photovoltaic (PV) activity, but achieved a V _oc of 634 mV after PTP. Based on process simulations, it's estimated that the material/device transformation occurred in under 30 ms, while maintaining the kapton substate at temperatures below 250°C.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Program - 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011
Pages	3327-3329
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186651
State	Published - 2011
Event	37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011 - Seattle, WA, United States Duration: Jun 19 2011 → Jun 24 2011

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Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

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Conference	37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Seattle, WA
Period	06/19/11 → 06/24/11

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Murray, S. L., Klein, A. R., Murray, C. S., Schroder, K. A., Rawson, I. M., Ju, T., Evans, B. M., Angelini, J. A., Harper, D. C., Tillett, D., Duty, C. E., Ott, R. D., Blue, C. A., Rivard, J. D., Gessert, T., & Noufi, R. (2011). Flexible solar cells in milliseconds: Pulse thermal processing of CdTe devices. In Program - 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011 (pp. 3327-3329). Article 6186651 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186651

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Flexible solar cells in milliseconds: Pulse thermal processing of CdTe devices. / Murray, S. L.; Klein, A. R.; Murray, C. S. et al.
Program - 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011. 2011. p. 3327-3329 6186651 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

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