Improved conductivity of indium-tin-oxide film through the introduction of intermediate layer

Ng, Siowwoon; Yam, F.K.; Beh, Khi Poay; Tneh, S.S.; Hassan, Z.

doi:10.1016/j.spmi.2016.06.022

Cited by 7 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 39 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Furthermore, for the large-scale fabrication of solar cells, the ITO has serious limitations and faces obstacles resulting from poor transparency and high resistivity [ 88 ]. The devel-opment of ITO performance by improving the electrical and optical characteristics is es-sential, due to the mass production of electronic devices [ 88 , 89 ]. Thus, many researchers focus on hunting substitutes for the ITO to achieve new transparent electrodes with high performance and earth-abundant materials [ 88 ].…”

Section: Current Challenges and Future Outlookmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

A Brief Review of Transparent Conducting Oxides (TCO): The Influence of Different Deposition Techniques on the Efficiency of Solar Cells

et al. 2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Global-warming-induced climate changes and socioeconomic issues increasingly stimulate reviews of renewable energy. Among energy-generation devices, solar cells are often considered as renewable sources of energy. Lately, transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) are playing a significant role as back/front contact electrodes in silicon heterojunction solar cells (SHJ SCs). In particular, the optimized Sn-doped In2O3 (ITO) has served as a capable TCO material to improve the efficiency of SHJ SCs, due to excellent physicochemical properties such as high transmittance, electrical conductivity, mobility, bandgap, and a low refractive index. The doped-ITO thin films had promising characteristics and helped in promoting the efficiency of SHJ SCs. Further, SHJ technology, together with an interdigitated back contact structure, achieved an outstanding efficiency of 26.7%. The present article discusses the deposition of TCO films by various techniques, parameters affecting TCO properties, characteristics of doped and undoped TCO materials, and their influence on SHJ SC efficiency, based on a review of ongoing research and development activities.

show abstract

Section: Current Challenges and Future Outlookmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The introduction of a single metal layer to an ITO film (ITO/metal and metal/ITO) is considered to increase ITO properties. In this context, only a few reports are available on bilayer combinations, so future research should be focused on the fabrication process [ 89 ].…”

Section: Current Challenges and Future Outlookmentioning

confidence: 99%