Characteristics of Al-Doped ZnO Transparent Conductive Oxide Films for Solar Cell Applications

2007 ◽  
Vol 124-126 ◽  
pp. 131-134
Author(s):  
Doo Soo Kim ◽  
Byeong Yun Oh ◽  
Min Chang Jeong ◽  
Jae Min Myoung
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Transparent Conductive Oxide ◽  
Rf Magnetron Sputtering ◽  
Transparent Electrode ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Doped Zno ◽  
Surface Morphologies

Al-doped ZnO (ZnO:Al) films for transparent electrode applications in dye-sensitized solar cells and thin film solar cells were fabricated and characterized. In order to investigate the effect of crystallinity of the ZnO:Al films to the morphology and optical properties of the etched surface, the ZnO:Al films were deposited with varying substrate temperature by rf magnetron sputtering system and then films’ surface was etched in diluted hydrochloric acid (HCl) solution. Surface morphology of the amorphous ZnO:Al film deposited at room temperature was controllable to have large surface area, but it was not appropriate for transparent electrode layers due to high electrical resistivity. However, the resistivities of the ZnO:Al films deposited at the substrate temperatures of 150 and 300 oC were as low as 1.50×10-3 cm. In addition, the surface morphologies of the films deposited at 150 and 300 oC showed larger surface area for dye-sensitized cells and crater shape for light diffusion through the films, respectively. The surface morphologies and optical properties of the etched ZnO:Al films are attributed to the crystallinity of the as-fabricated films.

Iridium(III) 2-Phenylbenzimidazole Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, Optical Properties, and Applications in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

2015 ◽  
Vol 2016 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanislav I. Bezzubov ◽  
Yuri M. Kiselev ◽  
Andrey V. Churakov ◽  
Sergey A. Kozyukhin ◽  
Alexey A. Sadovnikov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells

Facile preparation of hierarchical TiO2nanowire–nanoparticle/nanotube architecture for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (40) ◽  
pp. 20366-20374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nianqing Fu ◽  
Yan Liu ◽  
Yanchun Liu ◽  
Wei Lu ◽  
Limin Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Light Scattering ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
One Step ◽  
Facile Preparation ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Light Scattering Effect

Hierarchical TiO2architecture with a remarkably improved surface area and light scattering effect was preparedviaone-step post-treatment for dye-sensitized solar cells, achieving a high efficiency of 8.82%.

scholarly journals Structure and Optical Properties of Al-Doped ZnO Nanodrums as Anti-Reflection Coating Material in Solar Cells

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Putri Luthfiana Sari ◽  
Hanik Munawaroh ◽  
Sayekti Wahyuningsih ◽  
Ari Handono Ramelan
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Optical Properties ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Blue Shift ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Visible Spectra ◽  
Doped Zno ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells

Al-doped ZnO (AZO) nanodrums were synthesized using hydrothermal method at 80 °C for 20 h using precursor Zn(CH3COO)2·2H2O and Al(OH)(CH3COO)2 as a dopant by varying the addition of Al concentrations in the range of 0, 1, 5, 10, 15, and 20 mM. The variation of Al can affect structure properties, optical properties and the crystal growths of ZnO. Addition of Al can inhibit the crystal growth with the decrease of the crystal size ranging from about 43.46 to 37.21 nm. Morphology of Al variation doped ZnO of Al was studied using a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) and showed nanodrums morphology. Optical properties of thin film AZO was evaluated using UV-Visible spectrophotometer. The transmission spectra showed that AZO has ~85% transparency in the visible spectra with a sharp peak in the UV region. AZO with the addition of 20 mM Al has the largest transmittance and the lowest reflectance. The crystallite size of AZO can affect optical properties with the occurrence of blue shift. The thin film with transparent properties is a good candidate for application in the dye-sensitized solar cells, such as anti-reflecting coating. AZO was prepared as anti-reflection on the DSSCs system. The best efficiency of DSSCs performance was examined by varying the thickness of the layers of AZO and pointed an efficiency improvement up to 18.29 times.

scholarly journals Optical description of solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. I. Measurement of layer optical properties

2009 ◽  
Vol 106 (7) ◽  
pp. 073111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam J. Moulé ◽  
Henry J. Snaith ◽  
Markus Kaiser ◽  
Heike Klesper ◽  
David M. Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solid State ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document