A low cost and single source atmospheric pressure vapor phase epitaxy of ZnS for thin film photovoltaic applications
Atmospheric pressure; Buffer layers; Cadmium telluride; Chemical vapor deposition; Copper compounds; Gallium compounds; II-VI semiconductors; Lime; Optical emission spectroscopy; Scanning electron microscopy; Selenium compounds; Solar cells; Solar power generation; Substrates; Thin film solar cells;...
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my.uniten.dspace-237962023-05-29T14:51:54Z A low cost and single source atmospheric pressure vapor phase epitaxy of ZnS for thin film photovoltaic applications Yusoff Y. Chelvanathan P. Kamaruddin N. Akhtaruzzaman M. Amin N. 57206844407 35766323200 57199323107 57195441001 7102424614 Atmospheric pressure; Buffer layers; Cadmium telluride; Chemical vapor deposition; Copper compounds; Gallium compounds; II-VI semiconductors; Lime; Optical emission spectroscopy; Scanning electron microscopy; Selenium compounds; Solar cells; Solar power generation; Substrates; Thin film solar cells; Tin compounds; Vapor phase epitaxy; X ray diffraction analysis; Zinc; Zinc sulfide; Chemical vapor depositions (CVD); Dry deposition process; Field emission scanning electron microscopes; Hall effect measurement; Photovoltaic; Photovoltaic applications; Soda lime glass substrate; Vapor phase reactions; Thin films A novel and low cost vapor phase epitaxy (VPE) method using a single non-volatile source has been used to deposit ZnS thin films on soda lime glass substrates. Utilization of the non-volatile source eliminates the need for expensive and sophisticated reactors commonly used in conventional VPE. Instead, this experiment was carried out using inexpensive and easily attainable apparatus. The vapor phase reaction process described is also more compatible to the industry standard dry deposition processes of the other layers in the thin film solar cell stack for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS), Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) and CdTe photovoltaic (PV) devices. In this experiment, the substrate temperature was varied from 400 to 480 �C and the ZnS thin films produced were analyzed using X-ray diffractometry (XRD), optical spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) and Hall effect measurement system. The films were found to be hexagonal structured except for the film deposited at 480 �C, where the film was found to be cubic. The thickness, bandgap and resistivity of the deposited films ranged from 54 to 351 nm, 3.18 to 3.83 eV and 2 � 103 to 1.6 � 104 ?�cm respectively. � 2018 Elsevier B.V. Final 2023-05-29T06:51:54Z 2023-05-29T06:51:54Z 2018 Article 10.1016/j.matlet.2018.03.096 2-s2.0-85044785722 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85044785722&doi=10.1016%2fj.matlet.2018.03.096&partnerID=40&md5=efdbc410a8ac99264ff3c6efbfee972f https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/23796 221 216 219 Elsevier B.V. Scopus |
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Atmospheric pressure; Buffer layers; Cadmium telluride; Chemical vapor deposition; Copper compounds; Gallium compounds; II-VI semiconductors; Lime; Optical emission spectroscopy; Scanning electron microscopy; Selenium compounds; Solar cells; Solar power generation; Substrates; Thin film solar cells; Tin compounds; Vapor phase epitaxy; X ray diffraction analysis; Zinc; Zinc sulfide; Chemical vapor depositions (CVD); Dry deposition process; Field emission scanning electron microscopes; Hall effect measurement; Photovoltaic; Photovoltaic applications; Soda lime glass substrate; Vapor phase reactions; Thin films |
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A low cost and single source atmospheric pressure vapor phase epitaxy of ZnS for thin film photovoltaic applications |
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A low cost and single source atmospheric pressure vapor phase epitaxy of ZnS for thin film photovoltaic applications |
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A low cost and single source atmospheric pressure vapor phase epitaxy of ZnS for thin film photovoltaic applications |
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A low cost and single source atmospheric pressure vapor phase epitaxy of ZnS for thin film photovoltaic applications |
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low cost and single source atmospheric pressure vapor phase epitaxy of zns for thin film photovoltaic applications |
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