A Review of Chalcogenide Thin Films for Solar Cell Applications

Ho Soonmin   and T  Joseph Sahaya Anand

doi:10.17485/ijst/2015/v8i12/67499

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A Review of Chalcogenide Thin Films for Solar Cell Applications

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2015/v8i12/67499

Year: 2015, Volume: 8, Issue: 12, Pages:

Review Article

A Review of Chalcogenide Thin Films for Solar Cell Applications

Ho Soonmin^1* and T. Joseph Sahaya Anand²

¹Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, INTI International University, Putra Nilai, 71800, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia; soonmin.ho@newinti.edu.my

²Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, 76109 Melaka, Malaysia

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Abstract

In this work, authors review the current state of research in chalcogenide thin films in order to study the use of films for the fabrication of cost-effective solar cells. As far as we know, various techniques have been employed to prepare thin films such as electro deposition, chemical bath deposition, flash evaporation, spray pyrolysis, successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction and so on. The obtained films showed that the band gap values are ranged from one to two eV which match to solar spectrum.

Keywords: Band Gap, Chemical Bath Deposition, Electro Deposition, Solar Cells, Thin Films