scholarly journals Photoelectrochemical water splitting: a road from stable metal oxides to protected thin film solar cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (21) ◽  
pp. 10625-10669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carles Ros ◽  
Teresa Andreu ◽  
Joan R. Morante
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Metal Oxide ◽  
Metal Oxides ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Third Generation ◽  
Liquid Junction ◽  
Oxide Electrodes

The present review offers a detailed analysis of Photoelectrochemical (PEC) devices from metal oxide electrodes forming a semiconductor–liquid junction to protected and catalyst-decorated third generation solar cells adapted into photoelectrodes.

Multifunctional metal oxide electrodes: Colour for thin film solar cells

2019 ◽  
Vol 685 ◽  
pp. 131-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils Neugebohrn ◽  
Kai Gehrke ◽  
Karoline Brucke ◽  
Maximilian Götz ◽  
Martin Vehse
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Metal Oxide ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Oxide Electrodes

scholarly journals Improved Metal Oxide Electrode for CIGS Solar Cells: The Application of an AgOX Wetting Layer

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils Neugebohrn ◽  
Norbert Osterthun ◽  
Maximilian Götz-Köhler ◽  
Kai Gehrke ◽  
Carsten Agert
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Metal Oxide ◽  
Metal Layer ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Wetting Layer ◽  
Transparent Conductive Oxides ◽  
Effective Measure

AbstractOxide/metal/oxide (OMO) layer stacks are used to replace transparent conductive oxides as front contact of thin-film solar cells. These multilayer structures not only reduce the overall thickness of the contact, but can be used for colouring of the cells utilizing interference effects. However, sheet resistance and parasitic absorption, both of which depend heavily on the metal layer, should be further reduced to reach higher efficiencies in the solar cells. In this publication, AgOX wetting layers were applied to OMO electrodes to improve the performance of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) thin-film solar cells. We show that an AgOX wetting layer is an effective measure to increase transmission and conductivity of the multilayer electrode. With the presented approach, we were able to improve the short-circuit current density by 18% from 28.8 to 33.9 mA/cm2 with a metal (Ag) film thickness as low as 6 nm. Our results highlight that OMO electrodes can be an effective replacement for conventional transparent conductive oxides like aluminium-doped zinc oxide on thin-film solar cells.

Butyldithiocarbamate acid solution processing: its fundamentals and applications in chalcogenide thin film solar cells

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (36) ◽  
pp. 11068-11084 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuhao Liu ◽  
Chao Chen ◽  
Ying Zhou ◽  
Rokas Kondrotas ◽  
Jiang Tang
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Acid Solution ◽  
Metal Oxides ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Solution Processing ◽  
Metal Chalcogenide ◽  
Chalcogenide Thin Film

Butyldithiocarbamate acid can dissolve a series of metal oxides; thus, it enables the fabrication of metal chalcogenide thin-film solar cells.

Highly Transparent AZO/Ag/AZO Multilayer Front Contact for n-i-p Silicon Thin-Film Solar Cells

2012 ◽  
Vol 1426 ◽  
pp. 93-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Theuring ◽  
Martin Vehse ◽  
Ibrahim Noureddine ◽  
Karsten von Maydell ◽  
Carsten Agert
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Metal Oxide ◽  
Electrical Contacts ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Silicon Thin Film ◽  
Multilayer Systems ◽  
Amorphous Silicon Solar Cell ◽  
Low Temperature Processing ◽  
Measurement Results

ABSTRACTOxide-metal-oxide structures are an alternative to single material transparent electrical contacts. Among other advantages, these multilayer systems provide good conductivity and transmittance, even when fabricated at room temperature. Low temperature processing is a requirement for silicon thin-film solar cells on various flexible substrates. The design and fabrication of oxide-metal-oxide structures based on ZnO:Al and Ag are investigated in this work. Further the integration of an optimized multilayer electrode into an amorphous silicon solar cell in substrate configuration was performed. Measurement results and possible loss mechanisms are discussed.

scholarly journals Metal Oxides

Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Luisa Grilli
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Metal Oxide ◽  
Metal Oxides ◽  
Gas Sensors ◽  
Optoelectronic Devices ◽  
Oxide Materials ◽  
Oxide Nanostructures ◽  
Metal Oxide Nanostructures ◽  
Film Form

Oxide materials in bulk and thin film form, and metal oxide nanostructures exhibit a great variety of functional properties which make them ideal for applications in solar cells, gas sensors, optoelectronic devices, passive optics, catalysis, corrosion protection, environmental protection, etc. [...]

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