Surface microstructures of ZnO coated SnO2: F films

Structural and electronic properties of ZnO under high pressure

“…In photovoltaics, ZnO films are used as n-type conducting windows in thin film solar cells based on copper indium diselenide [1] or amorphous silicon [2]. It is a low cost material well adopted for future generations of solar cells.…”

Structural, optical and electrical properties of Mg-doped CuCrO2 thin films by sol–gel processing

“…The visibly transparent and short wavelength absorbing p-n junction is the basic device structure in order to fabricate light emitting and solid state UV laser diodes, transparent transistors for advanced active matrix flat panel displays and in solar cells for utilizing the UV component of Sun radiation [2][3][4]. However, almost all of the well-known transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) such as Al-doped ZnO [5,6], Sn-doped In 2 O 3 [7] and F-doped SnO 2 [8,9] are n-type semiconductor oxide, the lack of p-type TCOs severely limits the potential applications of these materials, because many of the active functions in semiconductors originate from the nature of the p-n junction.…”

Preparation of wide gap and low resistive hetero-structured SiCX films as wide gap window of solar cells

“…In this setting, however, the film surface temperature, T S , increases to >500°C by thermal radiation from the filament, when the substrates are exposed to the hot filament. ZnO film is used in order to protect TCO films from hydrogen radicals [5]. However, the sublimation temperature is about 400°C.…”