A pyrosol process to deposit large-area SnO2:F thin films and its use as a transparent conducting substrate for CdTe solar cells

被引：55

作者：

Veluchamy, P ^{[1
]}

Tsuji, M ^{[1
]}

Nishio, T ^{[1
]}

Aramoto, T ^{[1
]}

Higuchi, H ^{[1
]}

Kumazawa, S ^{[1
]}

Shibutani, S ^{[1
]}

Nakajima, J ^{[1
]}

Arita, T ^{[1
]}

Ohyama, H ^{[1
]}

Hanafusa, A ^{[1
]}

Hibino, T ^{[1
]}

Omura, K ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Matsushita Battery Ind Co Ltd, PV R&D Ctr, Moriguchi, Osaka 5708511, Japan

来源：

SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS | 2001年 / 67卷 / 1-4期

关键词：

transparent conducting oxide films; SnO2; pyrosol technique; CdS/CdTe solar cell; dimethyl tin dichloride;

D O I：

10.1016/S0927-0248(00)00279-8

中图分类号：

TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];

学科分类号：

0807 ; 0820 ;

摘要：

Highly transparent, low-resistance SnO2 :F films suitable as a substrate material for thin-film CdS/CdTe solar cells have been developed on 10 x 10, 30 x 60 and 82 x 71cm(2) glass substrates by an ultrasonic spray pyrolysis (pyrosol) process. Dimethyltin dichloride, NH,F and HF dissolved in water served as the source solution. A fine spray of the source solution has been transported using air as a carrier gas onto hot glass plates in a belt furnace maintained at 500-530 degreesC. A very high growth rate of > 15 nm/s and a high throughput of 3 min/glass plate (82 x 71cm(2) size) have been achieved with films showing greater uniformity, low sheet resistance and high optical transmission. Typical films exhibited a thickness of 500 nm, a sheet resistance of 8.1 Omega /sq., a mobility of 43.8 cm(2)/V s and a donor concentration of 3.5 x 10(20) cm(-3). A thin-film CdS/CdTe solar cell fabricated on a 30 x 60 cm(2) SnO2:F transparent conducting substrate exhibited a solar energy conversion efficiency maximum of 14.95% for 1 cm(2) cell and an average efficiency of 14.24% for 178 isolated 1 cm(2) cells. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：179 / 185

页数：7

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