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Designing Transparent Electrodes Materials Toward Broadband Light Trapping
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dc.contributor.advisor | 박병우 | - |
dc.contributor.author | 이우진 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-07-13T05:47:44Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-07-13T05:47:44Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015-08 | - |
dc.identifier.other | 000000067231 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10371/118026 | - |
dc.description | 학위논문 (박사)-- 서울대학교 대학원 : 재료공학부, 2015. 8. 박병우. | - |
dc.description.abstract | Transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) have been used for various
optoelectronic applications, such as flat-panel displays and thin-film solar cells. Especially for a-Si thin-films solar cells, light-scattering capability of TCOs via surface texturing is one of the most important characteristics due to effective scattering enhances power-conversion efficiency. Among various TCOs, ZnO:Al has received strong attention because of its larger feature size by wet-chemical etching. Basically, textured morphology by wet etching depends on the nanostructure of TCOs due to the anisotropy of etching rates. However, nanostructural control of TCOs in mass manufacturing is pretty limited with consideration of electrical conductivity and high throughput. Therefore, surface texturing by simple etching for the given TCO nanostructures offers a great merit for the strategy of TCO development. In this thesis, the novel etching system by organic acid for the surface-textured ZnO:Al films is investigated. The Chap. 1 describes the general scientific context and the research field in which this thesis is included. First, a brief overview of the photovoltaic technologies and the current issues of the Si thin-film solar cells. Second, the TCOs are introduced and their use as a front electrode in Si thin-film solar cells is explained. Finally, the motivation and objectives of this work are summarized. In Chap. 2, an organic acid for the surface texturing of ZnO:Al is introduced as an alternative to conventional HCl. The texturing behavior by oxalic acid is investigated in terms of vertical roughness, lateral correlation length, and thickness change according to the crater evolution. Etching with oxalic acid results in superior light-scattering performance (by ~8% increase at λ = 1000 nm) with maintaining transparency and resistance, compared to etching with HCl. This fascinating behavior is understood by crater evolution with the difference in relative etching rates. Significantly, this simple and reproducible texturing tactic extends tunability for desirable TCO morphology, enabling efficient light trapping, and therefore appears potentially applicable for large-scale photovoltaic devices in industry. Lastly, all results and conclusion of the thesis are summarized in Chap. 3. | - |
dc.description.tableofcontents | Abstract i
List of Figures v List of Table xiv Chapter 1. Overview 1 1.1. General Introduction to Solar Cells 1 1.1.1. Basic Operation Principle of the Solar Cells 1 1.1.2. Classification of Solar Cells 7 1.2. Si Thin Film Solar Cells 11 1.2.1. Introduction of the Si Thin Film Solar Cells 11 1.2.2. Light Management Technology in Si Thin Film Solar Cells 13 1.3. Overview of Transparent Conducting Oxide in Si Thin Film Solar Cells 17 1.3.1. The Factors determining Textured Morphology 21 1.3.2. The Wet-Chemical Etching of ZnO:Al Films 27 1.4. References 39 Chapter 2. Organic-Acid Texturing of ZnO:Al Toward Broadband Light Scattering for Si Thin-Film Solar Cells 44 2.1. Introduction 44 2.2. Experimental Section 46 2.3. Results and Discussion 46 2.4. Conclusions 68 2.5. References 69 Chapter 3. Summary 73 Appendix A. 1. Facile Conversion Synthesis of Densely-Formed Branched ZnO Nanowire Arrays for Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells 74 A.1.1. Introduction 74 A.1.2. Experimental Section 76 A.1.2.1. Synthesis of 1-D Nanostructures 76 A.1.2.2. Branched ZnO Nanowire Growth 77 A.1.2.3. Device Fabrication 77 A.1.2.4. Characterization 78 A.1.3. Results and Discussion 79 A.1.4. Conclusions 101 A.1.5. References 102 A. 2. List of Publications and Presentations 109 A.3.1. Publications (International) 109 A.3.2. Presentation (International) 113 A.3.3. Presentation (Domestic) 113 국문 초록 114 | - |
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dc.format.medium | application/pdf | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | 서울대학교 대학원 | - |
dc.subject | 투명전극 | - |
dc.subject | 광 산란 | - |
dc.subject | 박막 태양전지 | - |
dc.subject | 아연 산화물 | - |
dc.subject | 표면 텍스쳐링 | - |
dc.subject.ddc | 620 | - |
dc.title | Designing Transparent Electrodes Materials Toward Broadband Light Trapping | - |
dc.type | Thesis | - |
dc.description.degree | Doctor | - |
dc.citation.pages | xiv, 114 | - |
dc.contributor.affiliation | 공과대학 재료공학부 | - |
dc.date.awarded | 2015-08 | - |
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