Schuster M, Groß S, Roider F, Maksimenko I, Wellmann P (2017)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2017
Book Volume: 3
Journal Issue: 013
URI: http://vibgyorpublishers.org/content/ijnn/fulltext.php?aid=ijnn-3-013
Open Access Link: http://vibgyorpublishers.org/content/ijnn/fulltext.php?aid=ijnn-3-013
The progress in the research on a wet-chemical or nanoparticle derived absorber layer for solar cells leads to the fabrication of a printable transparent front electrode. This eliminates the need for vacuum technology, when the vacuum chain is already breached for the absorber deposition. The objective of this work is the manufacturing and characterization of a vacuum-free, printable, transparent front electrode on the basis of conductive metal oxides like ITO and ZnO, while reducing Indium consumption and annealing temperature or duration. Nanoparticles as well as a sol-gel process were used to deposit transparent and conductive Aluminum Doped Zinc Oxide (AZO) thin films on glass substrates. Furthermore, the influence of ion-implantation-doping after layer deposition was examined. Different temperature treatments were applied after layer deposition or ion-implantation respectively to tune the conductivity of the thin films. For characterization of the thin-films fourpoint-probe measurements, white-light-interferometry, UV/VIS spectroscopy, and (FE) SEM were used. The sol-gel-layers achieved a conductivity of 314 S/cm whereas the nanoparticle derived ZnO layers only reached 1.15 - 20 S/cm. Finally, the application of silver nanowires resulted in a low sheet resistance of 5.8 Ω/□ which is even lower than for state-of-the-art sputtered AZO-layers (15 Ω/□) and allows low annealing temperatures of only 140 °C.
APA:
Schuster, M., Groß, S., Roider, F., Maksimenko, I., & Wellmann, P. (2017). Tuning Electrical and Optical Properties of Transparent Conductive Thin Films Using ITO and ZnO Nanoparticles, Sol-Gel-ZnO and Ag Nanowires. International Journal of Nanoparticles and Nanotechnology, 3(013).
MLA:
Schuster, Matthias, et al. "Tuning Electrical and Optical Properties of Transparent Conductive Thin Films Using ITO and ZnO Nanoparticles, Sol-Gel-ZnO and Ag Nanowires." International Journal of Nanoparticles and Nanotechnology 3.013 (2017).
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