Simulation of Photovoltaic Efficiencies of Various Thickness Values of Thin Films

Existing semiconductor research demonstrates the potential significance of Cadmium Sulfide (CdS) in various applications of electronics, especially in photovoltaics. As such, simulation and computation is important to determine the potential photovoltaic efficiency of CdS in thin films, as well as other combinations of various compounds. Specifically, simulation research using Widget Provided Analysis of Microelectronic and Photonic Structure (WxAMPS) has proven the usefulness of using an ITO/CdS/CdTe/ZnTe layered thin film to simulate the potential photovoltaic efficiency of such a layer, which will then be synthesized in thin-film structures using a Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) technique. For simulation purposes, the ZnTe thickness value has stayed constant at 0.2 micrometers, while the predominant focus was on specifically changing the CdS and CdTe thickness values.