Experimental evaluation of ITO, AZO, TiO2 and CNT compounds as transparent conductive layers for flexible PV structures

Author

Znajdek, Katarzyna ; Sibinski, Maciej ; Jakubowska, Malgorzata ; Sloma, Marcin ; Gorski, M. ; Tadaszak, Katarzyna

Author_Institution

Dept. of Semicond. & Optoelectron. Devices, Lodz Univ. of Technol., Lodz, Poland

fYear

2013

fDate

16-21 June 2013

Firstpage

2501

Lastpage

2505

Abstract

This paper presents a comparison of optical, electrical and mechanical properties of various types transparent conductive layers (TCLs). Metal oxides such as indium tin oxide (ITO), aluminum doped zinc oxide (ZnO:Al) and titanium dioxide (TiO₂), as well as carbon nanotube composites were utilized for layers manufacturing. For each TCL, different production technology was applied. All examined materials were deposited on flexible transparent polymer substrates. Obtained results were analyzed in order to verify suitability of investigated compounds for application in flexible photovoltaic structures as emitter electrodes. Presented paper is a part of the project of a new elastic PV cell construction.

Keywords

aluminium; carbon nanotubes; flexible electronics; indium compounds; photovoltaic cells; polymer films; tin compounds; titanium compounds; zinc compounds; AZO; Al; ITO; TCL; TiO₂; ZnO; aluminum doped zinc oxide; carbon nanotube composites; elastic PV cell construction; emitter electrodes; flexible PV structures; flexible photovoltaic structures; flexible transparent polymer substrates; indium tin oxide; metal oxides; titanium dioxide; transparent conductive layers; Carbon nanotubes; Indium tin oxide; Optical films; Photovoltaic cells; Resistance; carbon nanotubes; conductive films; flexible electronics; indium tin oxide; photovoltaic cells; titanium compounds; zinc compounds;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2013 IEEE 39th

Conference_Location

Tampa, FL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744984

Filename

6744984