CdS/CdTe solar cells with MoOx as back contact buffers

Ohmic back contacts for CdS/CdTe solar cells with MoOx as the contact buffer have been demonstrated. With contacts such as MoOx/Ni and MoOx/Al, cell efficiencies comparable to those with conventional back contacts have been produced. Thermal stress tests indicate that MoOx is effective in suppressing metal diffusion into p-CdTe. The usefulness of MoOx is attributed to its unusually high work function which is needed to match that of p-type CdTe in producing contacts of low resistance.