Abstract
Solution processed silver nanowire indium-tin oxide nanoparticle (AgNW-ITONP) composite thin films were successfully applied as the transparent electrodes for (CIGS) thin film solar cells with ZnS buffer layers. Properties of the AgNW-ITONP thin film and its effects on performance of CIGS/ZnS thin film solar cells were studied. Compared with the traditional sputtered ITO electrodes, the AgNW-ITONP thin films show comparable optical transmittance and electrical conductivity. Furthermore, the AgNW-ITONP thin film causes no physical damage to the adjacent surface layer and does not need high temperature annealing, which makes it very suitable to use as transparent conductive layers for heat or sputtering damage-sensitive optoelectronic devices. By using AgNW-ITONP electrodes, the required thickness of the ZnS buffer layers for CIGS thin film solar cells was greatly decreased.
© 2014 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
Yongbeom Kwon, Jaeyoung Seo, Yoonmook Kang, Donghwan Kim, and Jihyun Kim
Opt. Express 26(2) A30-A38 (2018)
Shenglin Ye, Xiaohui Tan, Minlin Jiang, Bin Fan, Ken Tang, and Songlin Zhuang
Appl. Opt. 49(9) 1662-1665 (2010)
Yongxiang Zhao, Fei Chen, Qiang Shen, and Lianmeng Zhang
Appl. Opt. 51(25) 6245-6251 (2012)