Development of Combinatorial Pulsed Laser Deposition for Expedited Device Optimization in CdTe/CdS Thin-Film Solar Cells

Table 1

(a) Thicknesses and electrical properties of sample A without CdCl₂ annealing. (b) Thicknesses and electrical properties of sample B3 with 15 min. CdCl₂ annealing.

(a)

Sample A	Layer 1	Layer 2	Layer 3	Layer 4
Thickness of CdS (µm)	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12
Thickness of CdTe (µm)	1.5	1.25	1	0.75
(mV)	214	198	203	197
(mA/cm^2)	1.7	2.5	2.6	3.0
FF (%)	27	28	29	29
Efficiencies (%)	0.10	0.14	0.15	0.18

(b)

Sample B3	Layer 1	Layer 2	Layer 3	Layer 4
Thickness of CdS (µm)	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12
Thickness of CdTe (µm)	1.5	1.25	1	0.75
(mV)	638	639	645	651
(mA/cm^2)	16.5	16.7	17.0	18.0
FF (%)	36	39	42	45
Efficiencies (%)	4.0	4.2	4.6	5.1