A baseball-bat-like CdTe/TiO2 nanorods-based heterojunction core–shell solar cell
Author
Karaagac, H.
Parlak, M.
Aygun, L. E.
Ghaffari, M.
Bıyıklı, Necmi
Okyay, Ali Kemal
Date
2013Source Title
Scripta Materialia
Print ISSN
1359-6462
Publisher
Elsevier
Volume
69
Issue
4
Pages
323 - 326
Language
English
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Abstract
Rutile TiO2 nanorods on fluorine-doped thin oxide glass substrates via the hydrothermal technique were synthesized and decorated with a sputtered CdTe layer to fabricate a core-shell type n-TiO2/p-CdTe solar cell. Absorbance spectrum verified the absorption contribution of both TiO2 and CdTe to the absorption process. The solar cell parameters, such as open circuit voltage, short circuit current density, fill factor and power conversion efficiency were found to be 0.34 V, 1.27 mA cm-2, 28% and 0.12%, respectively. .
Keywords
NanorodSolar cell
Thin film
Absorbance spectrum
Absorption process
CdTe layers
Fluorine-doped
Hydrothermal techniques
Power conversion efficiencies
Solar cell parameters
Thin oxides
Absorption spectroscopy
Cadmium telluride
Heterojunctions
Nanorods
Open circuit voltage
Oxide minerals
Substrates
Thin films
Titanium dioxide
Solar cells