Design and fabrication of multi-layer antireflection coating for III-V solar cell

Jung, Sung-Mok; Kim, Young-Hwan; Kim, Seong-Il; Yoo, Sang-Im

doi:10.1016/j.cap.2010.09.010

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“…There are number of deposition techniques are used but difficult to attain the theoretical efficiency of CZTS thin film solar cell by the reason of some considerable losses such as optical losses, resistivity loss, recombination loss, etc [9]. In this work effort to achieve the low reflection loss by help of zinc sulfide [ZnS] Antireflection Coating (ARC) on the top of CdS/CZTS thin film solar cell and also the conversion efficiency of CdS/CZTS without ARC and CdS/CZTS with ZnS nanowire ARC are investigated [12,13] Experimental details ZnS, CdS and CZTS layers preparation Spray pyrolysis established to be a convenient approach for the deposition of large area metal oxide, spinel oxide, chalcogenide and completely different sulphide films [14,15]. The approach is even now broadly practiced and fascinating for the deposition of economical thin film photovoltaic solar cells [16].…”

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Effect of ZnS nanowire ARC on CZTS/CdS thin film solar cell by Nebulizer Spray Pyrolysis Technique

Fathima¹,

Arulanantham²,

Wilson³

2020

Mater. Res. Express

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The main intention of this experimental work is to eliminate the reflection of the CZTS/CdS thin film solar cell by depositing the ZnS Antireflection coating (ARC) by Nebulizer Spray Pyrolysis Technique. The CZTS/CdS thin films with and without ZnS Antireflection coating (ARC) deposited using nebulizer spray pyrolysis method is reported in this work. The prepared films were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and UV-Vis spectroscopy analysis. Structural parameters such as lattice constants, texture orientation factor, micro strain, dislocation density and crystallite size were estimated using XRD data. The efficiency of CZTS/CdS solar cell is calculated using I-V characteristics. The experimental results exhibit the short circuit current increased from 9.269×10 −5 A to 1.250×10 −4 A and efficiency raised from 0.21% to o.45%. with ZnS as a ARC. The theoretical quantum efficiency of CZTS solar cell with ZnS ARC is increased from 0.020% to 0.030%. The results indicates that the ZnS ARC is one of the perfect ARC in the CZTS solar cell.

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Effect of ZnS nanowire ARC on CZTS/CdS thin film solar cell by Nebulizer Spray Pyrolysis Technique

Fathima¹,

Arulanantham²,

Wilson³

2020

Mater. Res. Express

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“…authors [16,[18][19][20]. However, these ARC layers reported in the previous studies require high temperature and high vacuum deposition technologies.…”

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Optimization of multilayer anti-reflection coatings for efficient light management of PEDOT:PSS/c-Si heterojunction solar cells

Hossain

Mondal

Mostaque

et al. 2019

Mater. Res. Express

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In this paper, we present a theoretical model for the optimization of multilayer anti-reflection coatings for PEDOT:PSS/c-Si heterojunction solar cell based on optical interference transfer-matrix theory. A comprehensive idea of designing multilayer anti-reflection coatings (ARCs) on the solar cell and minimization of the overall reflectance is provided in this work. Optical reflectance values for various single, double and three layer anti-reflection coatings on PEDOT:PSS deposited c-Si substrate have been deduced using a MATLAB program and compared with that of the measured value. The reflectance value is calculated to be lower than 4% in the visible wavelength spectra for ARC by alternately using high and low refractive index materials. This low value of reflectance suggests that the anti-reflection coating layers proposed in this study can be employed as the standard ARC materials for optical coatings of the PEDOT:PSS/c-Si heterojunction solar cells.

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“…Therefore, to suppress the Fresnel reflection at the surface of the solar cells, effective antireflection coating (ARC) is introduced. The conventional multilayer ARCs are usually composed of a quarter wavelength stack of dielectrics with different refractive indices, such as SiN x , SiO 2 , TiO x , MgF 2 , and ZnS materials [1][2][3][4]. ARCs are usually fabricated by expensive processes such as plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, electron beam evaporator, or sputtering.…”

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Influences of InGaP Conical Frustum Nanostructures on the Characteristics of GaAs Solar Cells

Lâm

Kim

et al. 2013

Journal of Nanomaterials

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Conical frustums with quasihexagonal nanostructures are fabricated on an InGaP window layer of single junction GaAs solar cells using a polystyrene nanosphere lithography technique followed by anisotropic etching processes. The optical and photovoltaic characteristics of the conical frustum nanostructured solar cells are investigated. Reflectance of the conical frustum nanostructured solar cells is significantly reduced in a wide range of wavelengths compared to that of the planar sample. The measured reflectance reduction is attributed to the gradual change in the refractive index of the InGaP conical frustum window layer. An increase of 15.2% in the power conversion efficiency has been achieved in the fabricated cell with an optimized conical frustum nanostructure compared to that of the planar cell.

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Design and fabrication of multi-layer antireflection coating for III-V solar cell

Cited by 50 publications

References 15 publications

Effect of ZnS nanowire ARC on CZTS/CdS thin film solar cell by Nebulizer Spray Pyrolysis Technique

Effect of ZnS nanowire ARC on CZTS/CdS thin film solar cell by Nebulizer Spray Pyrolysis Technique

Optimization of multilayer anti-reflection coatings for efficient light management of PEDOT:PSS/c-Si heterojunction solar cells

Influences of InGaP Conical Frustum Nanostructures on the Characteristics of GaAs Solar Cells

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