Investigation of Cd1-xMgxTe alloys for tandem solar cell applications : preprint / R. Dhere [and others].

Format:

• Book
• Government document

Contributor:

• Dhere, Ramesh G.
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)

Series:

• Conference paper (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)) ; NREL/CP-520-39899.
• NREL/CP ; 520-39899

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Photovoltaic cells--Research.
• Solar cells.
• Thin films.
• Cadmium telluride.
• Magnesium.
• solar cells.
• magnesium.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 pages)

Other Title:

Cadmium magnesium telluride alloys for tandem solar cell applications

Place of Publication:

Golden, CO : National Renewable Energy Laboratory, [2006]

Summary:

Theoretical modeling of two-junction tandem solar cells shows that for optimal device performance, the bandgap of the top cell should be in the range of 1.6 to 1.8 eV. Cd1-xMgxTe (CMT) alloys have a lattice constant close to that of CdTe, and the addition of a small amount of Mg changes the bandgap considerably. In this paper, we present our work on developing CMT for solar cell applications.

Notes:

• "Presented at the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-4), Waikoloa, Hawaii, May 7-12, 2006."
• Title from title screen (viewed January 8, 2008).
• "May 2006."

OCLC:

173025967