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Light Scattering from Microscopic Structure and Its Role on Enhanced Haze Factor

  • Kang, Junyoung;Park, Hyeongsik;Yi, Junsin
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.340-340
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    • 2016
  • We have prepared alumina (Al2O3) doped zinc oxide (AZO) films by DC magnetron sputtering (MS) technique and obtained higher self surface texturing at a high target angle (f). We have characterized the films and applied it as a front electrode of a single junction amorphous silicon solar cell. At a lower f the deposited films show higher values of optical gap (Eg), charge carriers mobility & concentration, crystallite grain size and wider wavelength range of transmission. At higher target angle the sheet resistance, surface roughness, haze factor etc for the films increase. For f=72.5o the haze factor for diffused transmission becomes 6.46% at 540 nm wavelength. At f=72.5o the material shows a reduction in crystallinity and evolution of a hemispherical-type sub-micron surface textures. A Monte Carlo method (MCM) of simulation of the AZO film deposition shows that such an enhanced self-surface texturing of the films at higher f is possible.

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Study of metal dopants and/or Ag nanoparticles incorporated direct-patternable ZnO film by photochemical solution deposition

  • Kim, Hyun-Cheol;Reddy, A.Sivasankar;Park, Hyung-Ho
    • 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국전기전자재료학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.368-368
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    • 2007
  • Zinc oxide (ZnO) has drawn much interest as a potential transparent conducting oxide (TCO) for applying to solar cell and front electrode of electro-luminescent devices. For the enhancement of electrical property of TCOs, dopant introduction and hybridization with conductive nanoparticles have been investigated. In this work, ZnO films were formed on glass substrate by using photochemical solution deposition of Ag nanoparticles dispersed or various metal (Ag, Cd, In, or Sn) contained photosensitive ZnO solutions. The usage of photosensitive solution permits us to obtain a micron-sized direct patterning of ZnO film without using conventional dry etching procedure. The structural, optical, and electrical characteristics of ZnO films with the introduction of metal dopants with/without Ag nanoparticles have been investigated to check whether there is a combined effect between metal dopants and Ag nanoparticles on the characteristics of ZnO film. The phase formation and crystallinity of ZnO film were monitored with X-ray diffractometer. The optical transmittance measurement was carried out using UV-VIS-NIR spectrometer and the electrical properties such as sheet resistance and conductivity were observed by using four-point probe.

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고효율 태양전지(I)-$N^+PP^+$ 전지의 제조 및 특성 (High Efficiency Solar Cell(I)-Fabrication and Characteristics of $N^+PP^+$ Cells)

  • 강진영;안병태
    • 대한전자공학회논문지
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    • 제18권3호
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    • pp.42-51
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    • 1981
  • 결정방위 (100)인 단결정 P형 실리콘 기판으로 N+PP+ 태양전지를 제작하였다. 뒷면의 P+층의 형성은 940℃에서 60분간 boron nitride를 사용하는 첫번째 boron predeposition과 boron glass를 제거하지 않고 1145℃에서 3시간 동안 행하는 두번째 predeposition으로 이루어지며 boron 확산층의 어닐링은 1100℃에서 40분간 하였다. 앞면의 N+ 층의 형성은 900℃에서 7∼15분동안 POCI3 source를 사용하는 Phosphorus Predeposition으로 이루어지며 어닐링은 800℃에서 1시간 동안 dryO2분위기로 하였다 금속전극층의 형성은 Ti, Pd, Ag의 순으로 앞, 뒷면에 이들 금속들을 질공증착한 후 사진식각을 함으로써 이루어지며 이에 다시 전기도금을 하여 전체 전극층의 두께를 3∼4μm정도로 증가시켰다. 표면 광반사를 줄이기 위해 앞면에 400℃에서 silicon nitride를 입혔으며 마지막으로 550℃에서 10분간 alloy를 함으로써 금속전극의 신뢰도를 높혔다. 그 결과 제작된 면적 3.36㎠의 N+PP+ 전지들은 100mW/㎠의 인공조명하에서 단락전류 103mA, 개방전압 0.59V ,충실도 0.8을 보였다. 따라서 실제 전면적(수광면적)효율이 14.4%(16.2%)가 되어 BSF가 없는 N+P 전지의 11%전면적 변환효율에서 약3.5%의 효율이 개선되었다.

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염료감응형 태양전지의 광전극 적용을 위한 $TiO_2$ nanoparticle 특성 분석 (Study on $TiO_2$ nanoparticle for Photoelectrode in Dye-sensitized Solar Cell)

  • 조슬기;이경주;송상우;박재호;문병무
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.57.2-57.2
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    • 2011
  • Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) have recently been developed as a cost-effective photovoltaic system due to their low-cost materials and facile processing. The production of DSSC involves chemical and thermal processes but no vacuum is involved. Therefore, DSSC can be fabricated without using expensive equipment. The use of dyes and nanocrystalline $TiO_2$ is one of the most promising approaches to realize both high performance and low cost. The efficiency of the DSSC changes consequently in the particle size, morphology, crystallization and surface state of the $TiO_2$. Nanocrystalline $TiO_2$ materials have been widely used as a photo catalyst and an electron collector in DSSC. Front electrode in DSSC are required to have an extremely high porosity and surface area such that the dyes can be sufficiently adsorbed and be electronically interconnected, resulting in the efficient generation of photocurrent within cells. In this study, DSSC were fabricated by an screen printing for the $TiO_2$ thin film. $TiO_2$ nanoparticles characterized by X-ray diffractometer (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) and scanning auger microscopy (SAM) and zeta potential and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS).In addition, DSSC module was modeled and simulated using the SILVACO TCAD software program. Improve the efficiency of DSSC, the effect of $TiO_2$ thin film thickness and $TiO_2$ nanoparticle size was investigated by SILVACO TCAD software program.

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