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 …

Discovery-based design of transparent conducting oxide films

GJ Exarhos, XD Zhou - Thin solid films, 2007 - Elsevier
The properties of TCO materials derive from the nature, number, and atomic arrangements
of metal cations in crystalline or amorphous oxide structures, from the resident morphology …

Defect‐engineering‐enabled high‐efficiency all‐inorganic perovskite solar cells

J Liang, X Han, JH Yang, B Zhang, Q Fang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of cesium lead iodide (CsPbI3) perovskite solar cells (PSCs) has generated
enormous interest in the photovoltaic research community. However, in general they exhibit …

Optical, electrical and structural characteristics of Al: ZnO thin films with various thicknesses deposited by DC sputtering at room temperature and annealed in air or …

C Guillén, J Herrero - Vacuum, 2010 - Elsevier
Transparent and conductive Al-doped ZnO (AZO) films have been grown with various
thicknesses between 0.3 and 1.1 μm by magnetron sputtering at room temperature onto …

Structural, optical and electrical properties of F-doped ZnO nanorod semiconductor thin films deposited by sol–gel process

S Ilican, Y Caglar, M Caglar, F Yakuphanoglu - Applied Surface Science, 2008 - Elsevier
Structural, optical and electrical properties of fluorine-doped ZnO nanostructure
semiconductor thin films prepared by sol–gel spin coating method have been investigated …

Revisiting the electrical and optical transmission properties of co-doped ZnO thin films as n-type TCOs

A Mallick, D Basak - Progress in Materials Science, 2018 - Elsevier
A transparent conducting oxide (TCO) thin film exhibits a very high electrical conductivity
and high visible light transparency with considerable practical applications in solar cells and …

The effects of fluorine on the structural, surface morphology and optical properties of ZnO thin films

F Yakuphanoglu, Y Caglar, S Ilican, M Caglar - Physica B: Condensed …, 2007 - Elsevier
The optical and structural properties of fluorine-doped Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films have been
investigated. The X-ray diffraction spectra indicate that the films have polycrystalline nature …

Optimization of aluminum-doped zinc oxide films deposited at low temperature by radio-frequency sputtering on flexible substrates for solar cell applications

S Fernández, FB Naranjo - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2010 - Elsevier
Aluminum-doped zinc oxide films were deposited at 100° C on polyethylene terephthalate
by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering. The sputtering parameters such as RF power and …

Structural, optical, and electrical properties of hafnium–aluminum–zinc-oxide films grown by atomic layer deposition for TCO applications

M Krajewski, M Tokarczyk, P Świętochowski… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
ZnO is a widely studied material that exhibits versatile doping possibilities. Most research
presents singly doped ZnO, leaving the potential of codoping unexplored. Within this study …

Minimized OER overpotential via SILAR-based development of gC3N4/CdS nanocomposite

UJ Awan, MA Basit, SIA Shah, J Yong-Xin, H Zhifu - Applied Physics A, 2023 - Springer
For the water-splitting process, it is essential to improve the search for low-cost, highly active
materials that can catalyze the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Based on this, the current …