Advances in the SERI/DOE Program on CdS/Cu sub 2 S and CdS/Cu-Ternary Photovolaic Cells

摘要

The most significant achievement under the SERI CdS/Cu sub 2 S and Cu-Ternary program is the development of two new high efficiency thin film cells, a frontwall Cu sub 2 S/(Cd,Zn)S cell by the Institute of Energy Conversion, University of Delaware, and a backwall CdS/CuInSe sub 2 cell by the Boeing Aerospace Company. The reported AMl efficiencies for these two devices are 10.2% and 9.5%, respectively. A 5.7% Cu sub 2 S/CdS cell with Cu sub 2 S sputter deposited by the Telic Corporation was also fabricated within the last year. A program to study the problem of instability in the Cu sub 2 S/CdS cell has been initiated at Battelle-Columbus Laboratories. (ERA citation 06:026997)