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

被引：13

作者：

Caglar, O. ^{[1
]}

Carroy, P. ^{[1
]}

Losio, P. A. ^{[1
]}

Sinicco, I. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] TEL Solar AG, CH-9477 Trubbach, Switzerland

来源：

SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS | 2016年 / 144卷

关键词：

ZnO film; Surface morphology; Light scattering; Micromorph; Thin-film silicon solar cells; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE; PERFORMANCE; DEPOSITION; SUBSTRATE; LAYERS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.solmat.2015.08.026

中图分类号：

TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];

学科分类号：

0807 ; 0820 ;

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) is currently used to prepare high efficiency thin film silicon solar cells. However it is known that a strong roughness can disturb the growth of microcrystalline silicon and induce performance losses. An alternative approach denominated "nanocrystalline ZnO" is presented which allows to control surface roughness and haze during growth independently of other layer properties such as thickness, doping or conductivity for layers thicker than approximately 80 nm. Surface morphologies, optical properties and material properties of the nanocrystalline ZnO layers together with solar cells results are presented. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页数：8

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