TY - JOUR
T1 - Transparent conductive oxide films for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells
AU - Mehmood, Umer
AU - Afzaal, Mohammad
AU - Al-Ahmed, Amir
AU - Yates, Heather M.
AU - Hakeem, Abbas S.
AU - Ali, Haider
AU - Al-Sulaiman, Fahad A.
PY - 2017/3
Y1 - 2017/3
N2 - In this paper, atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition of fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) thin films of various thicknesses and dopant levels is reported. The deposited coatings are used to fabricate dye-sensitized solar cells, which exhibited reproducible power conversion efficiencies in excess of 10%. No surface texturing of FTOs or any additional treatment of dye-covered films is applied. In comparison, the use of commercial FTOs showed a lower cell efficiency of 7.11%. Detailed analysis showed that the cell efficiencies do not simply depend on the resistivity of FTOs but instead rely on a combination of carrier concentration, thickness, and surface roughness properties.
AB - In this paper, atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition of fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) thin films of various thicknesses and dopant levels is reported. The deposited coatings are used to fabricate dye-sensitized solar cells, which exhibited reproducible power conversion efficiencies in excess of 10%. No surface texturing of FTOs or any additional treatment of dye-covered films is applied. In comparison, the use of commercial FTOs showed a lower cell efficiency of 7.11%. Detailed analysis showed that the cell efficiencies do not simply depend on the resistivity of FTOs but instead rely on a combination of carrier concentration, thickness, and surface roughness properties.
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U2 - 10.1109/jphotov.2016.2641303
DO - 10.1109/jphotov.2016.2641303
M3 - Article
SN - 2156-3381
VL - 7
SP - 518
EP - 524
JO - IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
JF - IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
IS - 2
ER -