Properties of ZnO:Al films deposited on polycarbonate substrate

Liu, Yaodong; Li, Qiang; Shao, Huiliang

doi:10.1016/j.vacuum.2009.05.006

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“…1,7 In the past decade, aluminum-doped ZnO ͑ZnO:Al, AZO͒ has attracted much interest as a potential substitute for ITO due to abundance of its constituent elements in nature, relatively low deposition temperature, and stability in hydrogen plasma. 6,7 AZO thin films have been prepared by various methods, such as magnetron sputtering, 3,8-10 pulsed laser deposition, 11,12 chemical vapor deposition, [13][14][15] sol gel, [16][17][18] and spray pyrolysis. 6,7 AZO thin films have been prepared by various methods, such as magnetron sputtering, 3,8-10 pulsed laser deposition, 11,12 chemical vapor deposition, [13][14][15] sol gel, [16][17][18] and spray pyrolysis.…”

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Transparent conductive Al-doped ZnO thin films grown at room temperature

Wang¹,

Lü²,

Bie³

et al. 2011

Journal of Vacuum Science &Amp; Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films

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High-temperature stability of postgrowth-annealed Al-doped MgxZn1-xO films without the phase separation effect J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 30, 061201 (2012); 10.1116/1.4754813Compositional study of vacuum annealed Al doped ZnO thin films obtained by RF magnetron sputtering Transparent conducting Al-doped ZnO thin films prepared by magnetron sputtering with dc and rf powers applied in combination Aluminum-doped ZnO ͑ZnO:Al, AZO͒ thin films were prepared on glass substrates by dc reactive magnetron sputtering from a Zn-Al alloy target at room temperature. The effects of the Ar-to-O 2 partial pressure ratios on the structural, electrical, and optical properties of AZO films were studied in detail. AZO films grown using 100:4 to 100:8 Ar-to-O 2 ratio result in acceptable quality films with c-axis orientated crystals, uniform grains, 10 −3 ⍀ cm resistivity, greater than 10 20 cm −3 electron concentration, and high transmittance, 90%, in the visible region. The lowest resistivity of 4.11ϫ 10 −3 ⍀ cm was obtained under the Ar-to-O 2 partial pressure ratio of 100:4. A relatively strong UV emission at ϳ3.26 eV was observed in the room-temperature photoluminescence spectrum. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis confirmed that Al was introduced into ZnO and substitutes for Zn and doped the film n-type.

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confidence: 99%

Transparent conductive Al-doped ZnO thin films grown at room temperature

Wang¹,

Lü²,

Bie³

et al. 2011

Journal of Vacuum Science &Amp; Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films

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“…It has been used in a variety of applications ranging from food and drink containers to the manufacture of electronic components. Polycarbonate (PC) is a thermoplastic polymer that is lightweight, exhibits high shock resistance, and has good mechanical properties and transparency [15,16]. Research on lightweight PV modules with PC films as the front material has been conducted in recent years [17].…”

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The Influence of UV Light Exposure on the Reliability of Various Front Materials for Lightweight PV Module

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The need for innovative design and materials is increasing for various types of photovoltaic (PV) installations in building integrated PV, agricultural, and floating systems. It is crucial to reduce the weight of the PV module to maximize its use in such applications. For this purpose, the front surface must be made of a polymer-based material instead of tempered glass. This study focuses on the analysis of the optical and ultraviolet (UV) reliability properties of various lightweight polymer front sheets. The results show that the transmittance and UV properties of the front material are good. Moreover, a PV module with a polymer front sheet rather than glass was constructed, and a characteristic investigation as well as UV reliability test were performed. The transmittance of the polycarbonate (PC) front sheet decreased by only <3% and the module fabricated with PC exhibited only an approximately 6% power drop after the UV reliability test; hence, the PC is suitable for use in the PV module industry.

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“…Up to now, the conventional flexible substrates are mainly made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) (Song et al, 2018;Zhou et al, 2016), polycarbonate (PC) (Liu et al, 2009;Park et al, 2008), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) (Tran et al, 2018), polyestersulfone (PES) (Lei et al, 2013), etc. Even though these substrates feature obvious advantages, like lightweight, chemical stability, and high optical transmittance, the material of the above-mentioned substrates is not sustainable, consuming a large amount of petroleum-derived chemicals.…”

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confidence: 99%