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Development of low temperature approaches to device quality CdS: A modified geometry for solution growth of thin films and their characterisation (2007)
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Archbold, M., Halliday, D., Durose, K., Hase, T., Boyle, D., Mazzamuto, S., …Bosio, A. (2007). Development of low temperature approaches to device quality CdS: A modified geometry for solution growth of thin films and their characterisation. Thin Solid Films, 515(5), 2954-2957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2006.09.005

Cadmium sulphide thin films have been grown using a modified chemical bath deposition method with four innovative features: i) ethylenediamine was used as the complexing agent, enabling the use of low cadmium concentrations, ii) a rectangular bath ge... Read More about Development of low temperature approaches to device quality CdS: A modified geometry for solution growth of thin films and their characterisation.

In situ oxygen incorporation and related issues in CdTe/CdS photovoltaic devices (2006)
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Emziane, M., Durose, K., Halliday, D., Bosio, A., & Romeo, N. (2006). In situ oxygen incorporation and related issues in CdTe/CdS photovoltaic devices. Journal of Applied Physics, 100(1), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2209788

CdTe/CdS/SnO2/ITO:F solar cell devices were investigated using quantitative secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) depth profiling. They were grown on sapphire substrates and potentially active impurity species were analyzed. The SIMS data were calib... Read More about In situ oxygen incorporation and related issues in CdTe/CdS photovoltaic devices.

SIMS depth profiling of CdTe-based solar cells grown on sapphire substrates. (2006)
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Emziane, M., Durose, K., Halliday, D., Romeo, N., & Bosio, A. (2006). SIMS depth profiling of CdTe-based solar cells grown on sapphire substrates. Thin Solid Films, 511-512, 66-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2005.11.094

CdTe/CdS/TCO solar cell structures were grown on sapphire substrates especially to investigate the impurity distributions in them. The study was performed using quantitative secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) depth profiling, from the CdTe back s... Read More about SIMS depth profiling of CdTe-based solar cells grown on sapphire substrates..

Efficiency improvement in thin-film solar cell devices with oxygen-containing absorber layer (2005)
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Emziane, M., Durose, K., Halliday, D., Bosio, A., & Romeo, N. (2005). Efficiency improvement in thin-film solar cell devices with oxygen-containing absorber layer. Applied Physics Letters, 87(26), Article 261901. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2152108

The CdTe∕CdSCdTe∕CdSsolar cell devices were grown using a dry process consisting of sputtering for the transparent conducting oxide and CdS window layers, and close-space sublimation for CdTe absorber layer. These devices were back contacted using Mo... Read More about Efficiency improvement in thin-film solar cell devices with oxygen-containing absorber layer.

Role of substrate and transparent conducting oxide in impurity evolvement in polycrystalline thin-film devices (2005)
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Emziane, M., Durose, K., Halliday, D., Bosio, A., & Romeo, N. (2005). Role of substrate and transparent conducting oxide in impurity evolvement in polycrystalline thin-film devices. Applied Physics Letters, 87(25), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2149990

A comparison of as-grown and processed CdTe/CdS solar cell structures deposited on sapphire substrate has been undertaken with those grown on glass. The device structures were depth-profiled using quantitative secondary ion mass spectrometry. It was... Read More about Role of substrate and transparent conducting oxide in impurity evolvement in polycrystalline thin-film devices.

The distribution of impurities in the interfaces and window layers of thin-film solar cells (2005)
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Emziane, M., Durose, K., Halliday, D., Romeo, N., & Bosio, A. (2005). The distribution of impurities in the interfaces and window layers of thin-film solar cells. Journal of Applied Physics, 97(11), Article 114910. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1921344

We report a systematic multielement study of impurities in CdS window layers by dynamic and quantitative secondary-ion-mass spectrometry (SIMS) with high depth resolution. The study was carried out on CdTe/CdS solar cell structures, with the glass su... Read More about The distribution of impurities in the interfaces and window layers of thin-film solar cells.

A combined SIMS and ICPMS investigation of the origin and distribution of potentially electrically active impurities in CdTe/CdS solar cell structures (2005)
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Emziane, M., Durose, K., Romeo, N., Bosio, A., & Halliday, D. (2005). A combined SIMS and ICPMS investigation of the origin and distribution of potentially electrically active impurities in CdTe/CdS solar cell structures. Semiconductor Science and Technology, 20(5), 434-442. https://doi.org/10.1088/0268-1242/20/5/019

Quantitative, dynamic secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) combined with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS) was used to study the origin and distribution of impurities in CdTe/CdS/In2O3:F/glass solar cell structures. Particular em... Read More about A combined SIMS and ICPMS investigation of the origin and distribution of potentially electrically active impurities in CdTe/CdS solar cell structures.