Journal
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 609, Issue -, Pages 40-45Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.04.144
Keywords
Thin films; CdS; Doping; Solar cells; Resistivity; Transmission
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Cadmium sulfide (CdS) polycrystalline thin films of different thicknesses (ranging from 370 nm to 750 nm) were fabricated on corning glass substrates using Close Spaced Sublimation (CSS) technique. Optical and electrical investigation revealed that CdS thin films show an appreciable transparency (50-70% transmission) in visible range and a highly resistive behavior (10(6) Omega cm). Samples were doped by silver (Ag) at different concentrations, using ion exchange technique, in order to reduce the resistivity of CdS thin films and to improve their efficiency as a window layer for solar cell application. The doping of Ag in pure CdS thin films resulted into an increase of surface roughness and a decrease both in electrical resistivity and in transparency. By optimizing annealing parameters, we were able to properly control the optical properties of the present system. In fact, the Ag doping of pure CdS films has led to a decrease of the sample resistivity by three orders of magnitude (10(3) Omega cm) against a 20% cut in optical transmission. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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