Semiconductors used in the manufacture of solar cells are the subject of extensive research. Currently, silicon is the most commonly used material for photovoltaic cells, representing more than 80% of the global production. However, due to its very energy-intensive and costly production method, other materials appear to be preferable over …
Semiconductors used in the manufacture of solar cells are the subject of extensive research. Currently, silicon is the most commonly used material for photovoltaic cells, representing more than 80% of the global production. However, due to its very energy-intensive and costly production method, other materials appear to be preferable over …
Sb 2 Se 3 as a promising photovoltaic absorber material is attracting increasing attention. However, high open-circuit voltage (V OC) loss, especially for superstrate structured Sb 2 Se 3 solar cells, is one of the main bottlenecks for improving device efficiency.Here, sputtering aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3) as an interface layer …
The reduced device performance of the flexible solar cell can be attributed to large sheet resistance of PET/ITO (60 Ω/sq) and the low light transmittance (78%) compared to those of Glass/FTO (7Ω/sq, 92%). ... (standard cubic centimeter per minute) and the TiO 2 target was sputtered with a sputtering power of 120 W. The film thickness …
The SMMAPbI 3− x Cl x-based solar cell (V OC of 0.93 V, a J SC of 23.04 mA cm −2, and FF of 0.71) and the SMMAPbI 3− x Cl x-MA-based solar cell (V OC of 0.97 V, J SC of 22.53 mA cm −2, and FF of 0.71) also showed similar PCEs (15.21% and 15.52%, respectively). These results showed that the preparation of perovskite films via …
Sputtered doped indium oxide with high conductivity and transparency is also an ideal choice for the recombination layer. Early works about …
Certified Power Conversion Efficiency (PCE) for the best solar cell efficiency has shown a 25.7% for PSCs as achieved by UNIST 1. Focus is put nowadays …
A standard AM1.5G AAA solar simulator with 100 mW/cm 2 and a certified reference Si solar cell was employed to analyze the PV performance (Newport, Inc.). Measurements were performed in ambient air.
We deposited a 100 nm AZO layer using the RF sputtering technique with 150 W power and ... M. Preparation of highly conducting Al-doped ZnO target by vacuum heat-treatment for thin film solar cell ...
The investigation reveals that sputtering power is the most critical factor that needs to be carefully controlled to minimise the damage to the hole transport layer. …
At low RF power the pH 2 O window inside the which it is possible to obtain high carrier mobility is narrower than that at higher RF power. Whereas, for each sputtering power there was a narrow range of pH 2 O inside which the almost completely amorphous films obtained show very high carrier mobility after annealing procedure. We can affirm ...
A high-performance device having a 2.41% power conversion efficiency was obtained by making use of a uniform Sb2S3 absorber layer. This preliminary …
A perovskite–CdSeTe tandem solar cell could be fabricated with a wide-bandgap perovskite top cell and the CdSeTe as the bottom cell in either a two-terminal (2-T) or a four-terminal (4-T) arrangement. ... As sputtering power does not significantly change the properties of IZO films, we selected a moderate sputtering power of 65 W for the ...
indicate that CZTS could be used as a solar cell absorber material. ... It has been reported that optimized sputtering power and . thickness of the buffer were 95 W and 30 n m in that order.
In thin film hetero-junction solar cell fabrication, CdTe can be deposited by various deposition techniques which ... properties of CdTe films deposited by RF magnetron sputtering are affected from the deposition parameters such as sputtering power, argon gas pressure, substrate temperature, target-substrate distance etc. Enormous work has …
Efficient perovskite solar cell (PSC) with SnO2 electron selective layer (ESL) prepared by radio frequency magnetron sputtering method at room-temperature has been realized. In this work, we systematically discussed the effect of sputtering power and surface roughness of SnO2 ESL on the photoelectric performance of planar PSC. This …
To avoid permanent plasma damage by non-thermalized species the sputtering power can be reduced or the sample can be separated from the plasma, ... Review—development history of high efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cell: from discovery to practical use. ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, 10 …
3.5 High-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) 3.6 Gas flow ... Sputtering is one of the main processes of manufacturing optical waveguides and is another way for making efficient photovoltaic and …
Cu(In, Ga)Se2 (CIGS) solar cell is one of the most promising thin film solar cells. However the marketization of the CIGS solar cells is hindered by the uncertainty of the element ratios. Traditional sputtering with post selenization is one of the most widespread methods to produce the CIGS solar cells. Nevertheless, the post selenization …
The transparent photovoltaic cell (TPC) is an invisible solar cell by passing the visible range light while absorbing harmful UV light to generate electric power. Different from the conventional opaque colors or shapes of solar cells, TPC is transparent to human eyes and which would serve as an invisible power source for the window frames …
Past few decades, light absorbing materials based on CuInGaSe2 and CdTe have been used for fabrication of thin film solar cells. But main issues arising from these absorbers are the limited availability and toxicity of some of their constituents, viz. In, Cd, and Te. At present, light absorbing materials based on Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) is a best …
The II-IV semiconductor compound, CdTe, has suitable electrical and optical properties as photovoltaic and high-energy radiation sensor material. As an absorber material for thin-film-based solar cells, CdTe holds the potentiality to fabricate high-efficiency solar cells by means of low-cost technologies. This chapter presents a …
3.1 Effect of sputtering power on phase components of SiO 2 thin film. Figure 1 shows the XRD patterns of SiO 2 films. It can be seen that each pattern has only one characteristic diffraction peak with low intensity at about 69°. High-energy particles bombarding the substrate will increase the substrate''s temperature, but the final …
The chemical capacitance of a perovskite solar cell as a function of sputtering power of magnetron sputtering for Ag contact deposition on the top of perovskite/Spiro-OMETAD layers. The reduction in chemical capacitance indicates a reduction in the charge carrier density. Download: Download high-res image (2MB) …
indicate that CZTS could be used as a solar cell absorber material. ... It has been reported that optimized sputtering power and . thickness of the buffer were 95 W and 30 n m in that order.
The solar cell measurements indicate that high power conversion efficiency (η) of 0.29% and short-circuit current density of (Jsc) of 4.51 mA/cm2 obtained for the film deposited at 90 W. CuInGaS2 (CIGS) thin films were fabricated by DC magnetron sputtering by varying the sputtering power (70, 90, 110 and 130 W).
Efficient perovskite solar cell (PSC) with SnO2 electron selective layer (ESL) prepared by radio frequency magnetron sputtering method at room-temperature …
Renewable energy will play a critical role in reducing emissions to mitigate climate change. Photovoltaic (PV) is one of the most promising and prominent techniques for electricity generation based on renewable solar energy. Thin films play a critical role in PV in Si and thin film solar cells and solar modules. They can be used as an absorber …
3.5 High-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) 3.6 Gas flow ... Sputtering is one of the main processes of manufacturing optical waveguides and is another way for making efficient photovoltaic and thin film solar cells. [4 ... Charge build-up on insulating targets can be avoided with the use of RF sputtering where the sign of the ...
For industrial-based silicon photovoltaic, magnetron sputtering is most often used as the deposition technique for the top transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layers. Magnetron sputtering provides high deposition rates, and large deposition areas of up to 18 m 2. For these industrial processes, the cost for the top-TCO is dependent on the …
Thin film Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS)-based solar cells with relatively high efficiency and low material usage might become a promising alternative for crystalline silicon technology. The most challenging task …
The reduced device performance of the flexible solar cell can be attributed to large sheet resistance of PET/ITO (60 Ω/sq) and the low light transmittance (78%) compared to those of Glass/FTO ...
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The sputtering power can affect the growth rate and film thickness of Mo film, thereby affecting the electrical properties of the film . Adjusting the sputtering power can optimize the magnetostrictive …
This study proposes a method to process micro- and nanostructures onto the surface of CIGS/ITO bilayer films to broaden the field of solar cell application.
In this paper, the radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering (MS) method was utilized to fabricate multiple sets of the iron film samples under different sputtering powers. With the help of X-ray …
In this study, we report on high performance semi-transparent perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with bidirectional transparent electrodes for use in building-integrated …
Abstract. CuInGaS 2 (CIGS) thin films were fabricated by DC magnetron sputtering by varying the sputtering power (70, 90, 110 and 130 W). The X-ray …