Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Chlorine activated stacking fault removal mechanism in thin film CdTe solar cells: the missing piece

  • Peter Hatton,
  • Michael J. Watts,
  • Ali Abbas,
  • John M. Walls,
  • Roger Smith,
  • Pooja Goddard

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25063-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Stacking fault removal and improvement in CdTe solar efficiency is known to be correlated, yet the nature of the relationship is not well-established. Here, the authors explain the passivation process responsible for this improvement, and also elucidate the associated stacking fault removal mechanism.