Transparent conductors as solar energy materials: A panoramic review

CG Granqvist - Solar energy materials and solar cells, 2007 - Elsevier
Transparent conductors (TCs) have a multitude of applications for solar energy utilization
and for energy savings, especially in buildings. The largest of these applications, in terms of …

High mobility transparent conducting oxides for thin film solar cells

S Calnan, AN Tiwari - Thin solid films, 2010 - Elsevier
A special class of transparent conducting oxides (TCO) with high mobility of> 65cm2V− 1s−
1 allows film resistivity in the low 10− 4Ωcm range and a high transparency of> 80% over a …

Sol–gel synthesized zinc oxide nanorods and their structural and optical investigation for optoelectronic application

KL Foo, U Hashim, K Muhammad, CH Voon - Nanoscale research letters, 2014 - Springer
Nanostructured zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods (NRs) with hexagonal wurtzite structures were
synthesized using an easy and low-cost bottom-up hydrothermal growth technique. ZnO thin …

Cerium oxide and hydrogen co-doped indium oxide films for high-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells

E Kobayashi, Y Watabe, T Yamamoto… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
CeO 2 and hydrogen co-doped In 2 O 3 (ICO: H) films deposited by ion plating with dc arc-
discharge were used as a transparent conducting oxide (TCO) electrode in hydrogenated …

Effect of doping concentration on the structural and optical properties of pure and tin doped zinc oxide thin films by nebulizer spray pyrolysis (NSP) technique

R Mariappan, V Ponnuswamy, P Suresh - Superlattices and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Pure and tin doped zinc oxide (Sn: ZnO) thin films were prepared for the first time by NSP
technique using aqueous solutions of zinc acetate dehydrate, tin (IV) chloride fendahydrate …

Effect of different solvents on the structural and optical properties of zinc oxide thin films for optoelectronic applications

KL Foo, M Kashif, U Hashim, WW Liu - Ceramics International, 2014 - Elsevier
Zinc oxide (ZnO) seed solutions were prepared using 4 different solvents, namely, methanol
(MeOH), ethanol (EtOH), isopropyl alcohol (IPA) and 2-methoxyethanol (2-ME). The …

Effect of annealing temperature on the structure and optical properties of In-doped ZnO thin films

LP Peng, L Fang, XF Yang, YJ Li, QL Huang… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2009 - Elsevier
High quality In-doped ZnO (ZnO: In) thin films were deposited on the quartz glass substrates
at room temperature by using radio frequency magnetron sputtering. The effect of annealing …

Influence of Ga doping on structural, optical and electrical properties of transparent conducting SnO2 thin films

P Sivakumar, HS Akkera, TRK Reddy, GS Reddy… - Optik, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Different concentrations (1, 3, and 5 at%) of Ga doped SnO 2 thin films were
deposited onto glass substrate using sol-gel spin coating technique. X-ray diffraction studies …

Preparation of Sn-Doped Ga2O3 Thin Films and MSM Ultraviolet Detectors Using Magnetron Co-Sputtering

Y Liu, R Huang, T Lin, J Dang, H Huang, J Shi, S Chen - Materials, 2024 - mdpi.com
Sn-doped Ga2O3 thin films and metal–semiconductor–metal (MSM) ultraviolet detectors
were prepared using the co-sputtering method to enhance their photoelectric performance …

Band gap engineering of ZnO thin films by In2O3 incorporation

RK Gupta, K Ghosh, R Patel, SR Mishra… - Journal of Crystal …, 2008 - Elsevier
Highly transparent and conducting thin films of ZnO–In2O3 were deposited using pulsed
laser deposition (PLD) technique. The effect of composition and growth temperature on …