The Effect Of Uv And Glow-Discharge Hydrogen Plasma Irradiation On The Crystalline Structure And Efficiency Of Cdte/Cds Thin Film Solar Cells Prepared By The Quasi-Closed Volume Method

It is shown that the crystal structure and photoelectric properties of CdS/CdTe-based solar cells (SCs), fabricated by condensation in a quasi-closed volume, change their characteristics the action of irradiation with a high-dose hydrogen plasma flux. At the same time, the characteristics of these SCs turn out to be insensitive to UV radiation. The change in the structural characteristics under the action of hydrogen plasma is due to the heating factor at a high flux density of similar to 8.10(18) cm(-2)c(-1) and hydrogen diffusion to the CdS/CdTe interface, while the degradation of the photoelectric characteristics is mainly associated with physical destruction of the back contact due to its plasma etching.