Selenium thin film solar cell
Abstract
A selenium solar cell has been developed. Its maximum efficiency is 2.7 percent for an AM1 light (100 mW/sq cm) and 8.0 percent for a fluorescent-lamp light. The cells are fabricated at low temperature using only vacuum evaporation. This results in a low-cost device with high production efficiency. Current-voltage characteristics under illumination show that both series and shunt resistances decrease with illumination intensity.
- Publication:
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Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Pub Date:
- January 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982JaJAP..21...77I
- Keywords:
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- Energy Conversion Efficiency;
- Heterojunction Devices;
- Selenium Compounds;
- Solar Cells;
- Thin Films;
- Cadmium Selenides;
- Electrical Resistivity;
- Photovoltaic Effect;
- Tin Oxides;
- Vacuum Deposition;
- Volt-Ampere Characteristics;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering