Double-layer indium doped zinc oxide for silicon thin-film solar cell prepared by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/20/3/037306

Abstract Indium doped zinc oxide (ZnO:In) thin films were prepared by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis on corning eagle 2000 glass substrate. 1 and 2 at.% indium doped single-layer ZnO:In thin films with different amounts of acetic acid added in the initial solution were fabricated. The 1 at.% indium doped single-layers have triangle grains. The 2 at.% indium doped single-layer with 0.18 acetic acid adding has the resistivity of 6.82×10^-3Ω·cm and particle grains. The double-layers structure is designed to fabricate the ZnO:In thin film with low resistivity (2.58×10^-3Ω·cm ) and good surface morphology. It is found that the surface morphology of the double-layer ZnO:In film strongly depends on the substrate-layer, and the second-layer plays a large part in the resistivity of the double-layer ZnO:In thin film. Both total and direct transmittances of the double-layer ZnO:In film are above 80% in the visible light region. Single junction a-Si:H solar cell based on the double-layer ZnO:In as front electrode is also investigated.

Keywords: indium doped zinc oxide thin film ultrasonic spray pyrolysis double-layer structure solar cell

Received: 20 July 2010
Revised: 29 November 2010
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PACS:	73.61.Ga	(II-VI semiconductors)
	81.15Rs
	88.40.jj	(Silicon solar cells)

Fund: Project supported by Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2007AA05Z436 and 2009AA050602), Science and Technology Support Project of Tianjin (Grant No. 08ZCKFGX03500), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2011CB201605 and 2011CB201606), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60976051), International Cooperation Project between China-Greece Government (Grant No. 2009DFA62580), and Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of China (Grant No. NCET-08-0295).

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Jiao Bao-Chen(焦宝臣),Zhang Xiao-Dan(张晓丹), Wei Chang-Chun(魏长春), Sun Jian(孙建), Ni Jian(倪牮),and Zhao Ying(赵颖) Double-layer indium doped zinc oxide for silicon thin-film solar cell prepared by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis 2011 Chin. Phys. B 20 037306

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