Al-doped ZnO/Ag-nanowire Composite Electrodes for Flexible 3-Dimensional Nanowire Solar Cells

Abstract Silver nanowires in conjunction with sputter-coated Al-doped ZnO (AZO) thin films were used as a composite transparent top electrode for hybrid radial-junction ZnO nanowire/a-Si:H p-i-n thin-film solar cells. Solar cells with the composite nanowire top contacts attained a short-circuit curr...

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Autores principales:	Minoli K. Pathirane, Hadi Hosseinzadeh Khaligh, Irene A. Goldthorpe, William S. Wong
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:326fc3aff9ce4cd2ba5270920b95bef72021-12-02T16:07:04ZAl-doped ZnO/Ag-nanowire Composite Electrodes for Flexible 3-Dimensional Nanowire Solar Cells10.1038/s41598-017-07180-12045-2322https://doaj.org/article/326fc3aff9ce4cd2ba5270920b95bef72017-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07180-1https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Silver nanowires in conjunction with sputter-coated Al-doped ZnO (AZO) thin films were used as a composite transparent top electrode for hybrid radial-junction ZnO nanowire/a-Si:H p-i-n thin-film solar cells. Solar cells with the composite nanowire top contacts attained a short-circuit current density (Jsc) of 13.9 mA/cm2 and a fill factor (FF) of 62% on glass substrates while a Jsc of 13.0 mA/cm2 and FF of 62% was achieved on plastic substrates. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the 3-dimensional solar cells improved by up to 60% compared to using AZO electrodes alone due to enhanced coverage of the top electrode over the 3-D structures, decreasing the series resistance of the device by 5×. The composite layer also showed a 10× reduction in sheet resistance compared to the AZO thin-film contact under applied mechanical strain.Minoli K. PathiraneHadi Hosseinzadeh KhalighIrene A. GoldthorpeWilliam S. WongNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Minoli K. Pathirane Hadi Hosseinzadeh Khaligh Irene A. Goldthorpe William S. Wong Al-doped ZnO/Ag-nanowire Composite Electrodes for Flexible 3-Dimensional Nanowire Solar Cells
description	Abstract Silver nanowires in conjunction with sputter-coated Al-doped ZnO (AZO) thin films were used as a composite transparent top electrode for hybrid radial-junction ZnO nanowire/a-Si:H p-i-n thin-film solar cells. Solar cells with the composite nanowire top contacts attained a short-circuit current density (Jsc) of 13.9 mA/cm2 and a fill factor (FF) of 62% on glass substrates while a Jsc of 13.0 mA/cm2 and FF of 62% was achieved on plastic substrates. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the 3-dimensional solar cells improved by up to 60% compared to using AZO electrodes alone due to enhanced coverage of the top electrode over the 3-D structures, decreasing the series resistance of the device by 5×. The composite layer also showed a 10× reduction in sheet resistance compared to the AZO thin-film contact under applied mechanical strain.
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author	Minoli K. Pathirane Hadi Hosseinzadeh Khaligh Irene A. Goldthorpe William S. Wong
author_facet	Minoli K. Pathirane Hadi Hosseinzadeh Khaligh Irene A. Goldthorpe William S. Wong
author_sort	Minoli K. Pathirane
title	Al-doped ZnO/Ag-nanowire Composite Electrodes for Flexible 3-Dimensional Nanowire Solar Cells
title_short	Al-doped ZnO/Ag-nanowire Composite Electrodes for Flexible 3-Dimensional Nanowire Solar Cells
title_full	Al-doped ZnO/Ag-nanowire Composite Electrodes for Flexible 3-Dimensional Nanowire Solar Cells
title_fullStr	Al-doped ZnO/Ag-nanowire Composite Electrodes for Flexible 3-Dimensional Nanowire Solar Cells
title_full_unstemmed	Al-doped ZnO/Ag-nanowire Composite Electrodes for Flexible 3-Dimensional Nanowire Solar Cells
title_sort	al-doped zno/ag-nanowire composite electrodes for flexible 3-dimensional nanowire solar cells
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/326fc3aff9ce4cd2ba5270920b95bef7
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Al-doped ZnO/Ag-nanowire Composite Electrodes for Flexible 3-Dimensional Nanowire Solar Cells

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