Area 2 > Session
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Moderators
Amit Munshi, Tom Fiducia
Presentations
AREA 2: CHALCOGENIDE THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS

TEMPERATURE-DRIVEN STRUCTURAL TRANSITION IN CDTE/CDS THIN FILMS: A MOLECULAR DYNAMICS STUDY
Sharmin Abdullah1, Henry Chan2, Orcun Yildiz2. 1George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA 2Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
DOPANT-DEPENDENT RECOMBINATION REGIMES AND CARRIER EXTRACTION IN HIGH-EFFICIENCY CDSETE SOLAR CELLS
Abasi Abudulimu1, Chungho Lee2, Tyler Brau1, Scott L. Wenner1, Adam B. Phillips1, Michael J. Heben1, Randy J. Ellingson1. 1Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), Department of Physics and A, Toledo, OH, USA 2First Solar, Inc. California Technology Center (CTC), Santa Clara, CA, USA
INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF PROCESSING CONDITIONS ON CARRIER DYNAMICS IN SINGLE CRYSTAL CDTE:AS GROWN BY MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY
Alex J. Ashley1, Hongling Lott2, Andrea T. Mathew2, Eric Colegrove2, Matthew O. Reese2, Jason B. Baxter1. 1Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA
A STUDY OF SE PROFILES IN AS DOPED CD(SE,TE) PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES
Eric Colegrove, Josh Brown, Robert Morrissey, Andrea Mathew, Aditya Ratnapagol, Hongling Lott, Ryan Muzzio, Ed Sartor, Matt Young, Craig Perkins, Darius Kuciauskas, Matthew Reese. National Laboratories of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA
EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT OF CU3BIS3 THIN FILM SOLAR CELL USING NIO HOLE TRANSPORT LAYER
Sandip Das. Kennesaw State University, Marietta, GA, USA
ZN-ALLOYED SNO2 BUFFER LAYERS FOR THIN FILM CDSETE/CDTE SOLAR CELLS (yes)
Zeyad Elsayed1, Samuel E. Machin1, Ana Jurado-Estrada1, Luis C. Infante-Ortega1, Mustafa Togay1, Luksa Kujovic1, Sam Davis1, Zhaoxia Zhou1, Stuart Robertson1, Jake W. Bowers1, John M. Walls1, Pascal Jundt2, Bettina Spaeth2, Christian Drost2, Robert Arndt2. 1Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom 2CTF Solar GmbH, Dresden, Germany
INTER-GRAIN INHOMOGENEITIES LIMIT THE PERFORMANCE OF CDSETE SOLAR CELLS
Thomas Fiducia, Ian M. glass, Kara Kile, Ebin Bastola, Manoj Jamarkattel, Abasi Abudulimu, Yanfa Yan, Randy J. Ellingson, Michael J. Heben, Adam B. Phillips. University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
2D MOTE2 BACK SURFACE PASSIVATION FOR CDTE THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS
Karthika Haridas1, Shubhra Bansal1,2. 1Material Science and Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA 2Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
CSS GROWN CDSE SOLAR CELLS FOR TANDEM APPLICATIONS
Manoj K. Jamarkattel1, Adam B. Phillips1, Kiran Lamichhane1, Sam Machin2, Isuru Lakmal1, Sabin Neupane1, Sanjeeb Budhathoki1, Ujjwal Dhakal1, Alisha Adhikari1, Arun Basnet1, Tingting Zhu1, Tyler Brau1, Abasi Abudulimu1, Ebin Bastola1, Michael Walls2, Yanfa Yan1, Randy J. Ellingson1, Michael J. Heben1. 1Wright Center for Photovoltaic Innovation and Commercialization, University of Toledo, Department of, Toledo, OH, USA 2Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Loughborough University, Leicestersgire, United Kingdom
A MINORITY-CARRIER TRAP STATE DETECTED IN CDSETE:AS USING DEEP LEVEL TRANSIENT SPECTROSCOPY
Steve Johnston, Hongling Lott, Eric Colegrove, Joel N. Duenow, Joshua A. Brown, Andrea T. Mathew, B. Edward Sartor, Robert Morrissey, Matthew O. Reese. National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA
NANOSCALE INVESTIGATION OF DEFECTS IN CDCL2 TREATED CDSE THIN FILMS
Xiaolei Liu, Zhaoxia Zhou, Jacques Kenyon, Rob Ellis, Kerrie Morris, Zeyad Elsayed, Sam Machin, Kieran Curson, Jake Bowers, Michael Walls. Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
ELECTRICAL CONTACT BEHAVIOR AND BAND ALIGNMENT AT METAL/CD-SE-TE INTERFACES
Mark Mills1,2, Jing Shang1,2, Magesh Murugesan1, John McCloy1,2. 1Institute of Materials Research, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA 2School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Pullman, WA, USA
VOLTAGE LIMITS AND SYSTEM LEVERAGE IN IMPERFECT CRYSTALS: THE CASE OF CDTE PHOTOVOLTAICS
Amit H Munshi1,2. 1Colorado State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Fort Collins, CO, USA 2JPHB Solutions LLC, Loveland, CO, USA
EXPERIMENTAL SIGNATURES OF LIGHT AND VOLTAGE BIAS-INDUCED HYSTERESIS IN CD(SE,TE) DEVICES
B. Edward Sartor1, Marco Nardone2, Chun-Sheng Jiang1, Steve Johnston1, Craig L. Perkins1, Ryan Muzzio1, Joshua Brown1, Eric Colegrove1, Matthew O. Reese1. 1National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA 2Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA
HOLE MOBILITY AND SCATTERING MECHANISMS IN CDTE SOLAR CELLS
Timur Sukhanov1, Eric Colegrove2, Matthew O. Reese2, Sivalingam Sivananthan1,3. 1University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA 2National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA 3Sivananthan Laboratories, Bolingbrook, IL, USA
PRE- AND POST-DEPOSITION COPPER TREATMENT FOR CDZNTE BACK BUFFER IN CDTE SOLAR CELLS
Priya Suryavanshi1, Sam Machin2, Michael Walls2, James Sites1. 1Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA 2Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom 3Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom 41Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
INVESTIGATING THE 'RINGING' FEATURE AROUND GRAIN BOUNDARIES OF CDSETE/CDTESOLAR CELLSUSING CATHODOLUMINESCENCE
Aoshi Yang, Jacques Kenyon, Zhaoxia Zhou, Stuart Robertson, Michael Walls. Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom