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Growth and Properties of ZnO:Al on Textured Glass for Thin Film Solar Cells
Joint Authors
Lluscà, Marta
Antony, Aldrin
Bertomeu, Joan
Source
International Journal of Photoenergy
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-08-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Aluminium induced texturing (AIT) method has been used to texture glass substrates in order to enhance the photon absorption in thin film solar cells.
The resultant glass roughness has been analyzed by varying the AIT process parameters and it has been found that the deposition method of Al is a decisive factor in tuning the texture.
Two types of textures, a soft (texture E) and a rough texture (texture S), were achieved from the thermally evaporated and sputtered Al layers through AIT process.
Aluminium-doped zinc oxide (AZO) layers of different thickness were deposited over both textures and over smooth glass.
Haze values above 30% were obtained for texture S + AZO and above 10% for texture E + AZO.
The resultant morphologies were free from sharp edges or deep valleys and the transparency and the resistivity values were also good enough to be used as front contact for thin film solar cells.
In order to demonstrate the light absorption enhancement in a solar cell device, 200 nm of a-Si:H followed by 300 nm of Ag were grown over the textured and smooth substrates with AZO, and an optical absorption enhancement of 35% for texture E and 53% for texture S was obtained in comparison to the smooth substrate.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lluscà, Marta& Antony, Aldrin& Bertomeu, Joan. 2014. Growth and Properties of ZnO:Al on Textured Glass for Thin Film Solar Cells. International Journal of Photoenergy،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lluscà, Marta…[et al.]. Growth and Properties of ZnO:Al on Textured Glass for Thin Film Solar Cells. International Journal of Photoenergy No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1036896
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lluscà, Marta& Antony, Aldrin& Bertomeu, Joan. Growth and Properties of ZnO:Al on Textured Glass for Thin Film Solar Cells. International Journal of Photoenergy. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1036896
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1036896