Low temperature ALD grown ZnO as emitter and TCO for a thin-film a-Si PIN solar cells

Aaesha Alnuaimi; Burak Tekcan; Ali K. Okyay; Ammar Nayfeh

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355931

Low temperature ALD grown ZnO as emitter and TCO for a thin-film a-Si PIN solar cells

Aaesha Alnuaimi
, Burak Tekcan
, Ali K. Okyay
, Ammar Nayfeh

Electrical Engineering

Bilkent University

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Abstract

The use of low temperature ALD grown ZnO as emitter and TCO coating for a-Si PIN solar cells is studied. Several cells are fabricated with 30nm ALD ZnO on top. The grown ALD ZnO without any additional TCO resulted in photovoltaic behavior. This confirms that the ZnO is acting as both an n-type semiconductor and TCO layer simultaneously. The measured open circuit voltage Voc = 0.25V and short-circuit current Jsc =1.63 mA/cm2 is achieved. In addition the EQE and IQE are measured and compared.

Original language	British English
Title of host publication	2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479979448
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355931
State	Published - 14 Dec 2015
Event	42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015 - New Orleans, United States Duration: 14 Jun 2015 → 19 Jun 2015

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Name	2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015

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Conference	42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	New Orleans
Period	14/06/15 → 19/06/15

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Keywords

amorphous materials
atomic layer deposition
photovoltaic cells
silicon
silicon carbide
zinc oxide

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Alnuaimi, A., Tekcan, B., Okyay, A. K., & Nayfeh, A. (2015). Low temperature ALD grown ZnO as emitter and TCO for a thin-film a-Si PIN solar cells. In 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015 Article 7355931 (2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355931

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Alnuaimi, A, Tekcan, B, Okyay, AK & Nayfeh, A 2015, Low temperature ALD grown ZnO as emitter and TCO for a thin-film a-Si PIN solar cells. in 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015., 7355931, 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015, New Orleans, United States, 14/06/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355931

Low temperature ALD grown ZnO as emitter and TCO for a thin-film a-Si PIN solar cells. / Alnuaimi, Aaesha; Tekcan, Burak; Okyay, Ali K. et al.
2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. 7355931 (2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015).

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