Front of CdTe Device Research
| Faculty: , Rob Collins , Randy Ellingson , Michael Heben , Dengbing Li , Adam Phillips , Nik Podraza , Zhaoning Song , Indra Subedi , Yanfa Yan |
| Students: , Fadhil Alfadhili , Bhuiyan Anwar , Rasha Awni , Griffin Barros-King , Ebin Bastola , Sandip Bista , Jacob Gibbs , Corey Grice , Manoj Jamarkattel , Niva Jayswal , Kamala Khanal Subedi , Mark Monarch , Dipendra Pokhrel , Gazi Quader , Mohammed Razooqi , Niraj Shrestha , Austin Snyder , Biswas Subedi |
| Alumni: , Dipendra Adhikari , Khagendra Bhandari , Alex Cimaroli , Jonathan DeWitt , Adam Halaoui , Max Junda , Rajendra Khanal , Prakash Koirala , Patrick Krantz , Jian Li , Geethika Liyanage , AJ Mathews , Naba Paudel , Paul Roland , Xinxuan Tan , Nafsika Theodoropoulous , Brandon Tompkins , Suneth Watthage , Nick Xiao , Rosa Zartman |
The front of the the CdTe device is important for a two main reasons. First, the light passes through these layers prior to reaching the absorber, so minimizing parasitic reflection and absorption are important for high efficiency devices. Second, the band alignment between the TCO, emitter, and absorber can limit the device performance. At PVIC, we are investigating a number of materials to improve both of these aspects. In addition we are studying how the materials interact during deposition and subsequent processing to understand and overcome limitations. Click through the slide show to learn more about our projects.