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Highly Transparent and High Haze ZnO:Al film For Front TCO of a-Si:H and μc-Si:H Solar Cells by Controlling Oxygen Flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Dong-Won Kang ,
Seung-Hee Kuk ,
Kwang-Sun Ji ,
Seh-Won Ahn  and
Min-Koo Han
Dong-Won Kang
Affiliation:
kangdwn@emlab.snu.ac.kr, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Seung-Hee Kuk
Affiliation:
milleft@emlab.snu.ac.kr, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Kwang-Sun Ji
Affiliation:
jski1101@lge.com, SE group, LGE Advanced Research, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Seh-Won Ahn
Affiliation:
swahn@lge.com, LGE Advanced Research, SE group, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Min-Koo Han
Affiliation:
mkh@snu.ac.kr, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
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Abstract

We fabricated highly transparent and high haze ZnO:Al film for front TCO of amorphous and microcrystalline silicon solar cells. We have sputtered ZnO:Al film of 1.3 μm on the thin seed layer of about 60nm which was previously sputtered on the glass substrate by using 4% dilution of oxygen to argon gas. The ZnO:Al film grown on the seed layer had much higher crystalline phase than one without any seed layer. Our bi-layer ZnO:Al film showed low resistivity of 2.66×10-4 Ω•cm and sheet resistance of 2.08 Ω/⇐ while conventional ZnO:Al film showed resistivity of 3.24×10-4 Ω•cm and sheet resistance of 2.46 Ω/⇐. After surface texturing by 0.5% HCl wet-chemical etching, the transmittance of ZnO:Al film was increased from 83.7% to 88.1% at wavelength of 550nm through the seed layer. Also the transmittance at 800nm was increased from 82.3% to 88.9%. Especially, haze values of the ZnO:Al film were drastically increased from 58.7% to 90.6% at wavelength of 550nm by employing the seed layer. Also haze values at 800nm were increased from 22.1% to 68.1%. It is expected that the seed layer method to improve the quality of ZnO:Al film will contribute to an increase of solar cell efficiency due to the high capability of light trapping and low electrical resistivity.

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optoelectronictransparent conductorphotovoltaic
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1153: Symposium A – Amorphous and Polycrystalline Thin Film Silicon Science and Technology–2009 , 2009 , 1153-A07-19
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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