Nanocrystalline zinc oxide for surface morphology control in thin-film silicon solar cells

作者: O. Caglar , P. Carroy , P.A. Losio , I. Sinicco

DOI: 10.1016/J.SOLMAT.2015.08.026

关键词: Monocrystalline siliconPolymer solar cellMicromorphOpticsMaterials scienceOptoelectronicsNanocrystalline materialThin filmNanocrystalline siliconQuantum dot solar cellPlasmonic solar cell

摘要: Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a widely used transparent conductive material for thin-film solar cells. Naturally textured ZnO deposited by low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) currently to prepare high efficiency thin film silicon However it known that strong roughness can disturb the growth of microcrystalline and induce performance losses. An alternative approach denominated “nanocrystalline ZnO” presented which allows control surface haze during independently other layer properties such as thickness, doping or conductivity layers thicker than approximately 80 nm. Surface morphologies, optical nanocrystalline together with cells results are presented.

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