Improved conversion efficiency of amorphous Si solar cells using a mesoporous ZnO pattern

Bit Na Go, Yang Doo Kim, Kyoung Suk Oh, Chaehyun Kim, Hak Jong Choi, Heon Lee

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Abstract

To provide a front transparent electrode for use in highly efficient hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) thin-film solar cells, porous flat layer and micro-patterns of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticle (NP) layers were prepared through ultraviolet nanoimprint lithography (UV-NIL) and deposited on Al-doped ZnO (AZO) layers. Through this, it was found that a porous micro-pattern of ZnO NPs dispersed in resin can optimize the light-trapping pattern, with the efficiency of solar cells based on patterned or flat mesoporous ZnO layers increased by 27% and 12%, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Article number486
JournalNanoscale Research Letters
Volume9
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by the R&D Program for Industrial Core Technology through the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology supported by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy in Korea (Grant No. 10040225), and this research was conducted by International Collaborative Research and Development Program and funded by Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Go et al.; licensee Springer.

Keywords

  • Amorphous silicon solar cell
  • Light scattering
  • Mesoporous ZnO pattern
  • Nanoimprint lithography

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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