Tailoring of the Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Zinc-Tin-Oxide Thin Films via Oxygenation Process for Solar Cell Application
Electronic properties; II-VI semiconductors; Metals; Oxide minerals; Oxygen; Oxygenation; Thin film solar cells; Thin films; Tin oxides; Zinc oxide; Atomic compositions; Compositional variation; Optoelectronic properties; Oxygen incorporation; Solar-cell applications; Thermal annealing process; Unif...
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my.uniten.dspace-256542023-05-29T16:12:18Z Tailoring of the Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Zinc-Tin-Oxide Thin Films via Oxygenation Process for Solar Cell Application Islam M.A. Rafiq M.K.S.B. Misran H. Uzzaman M.A. Techato K. Muhammad G. Amin N. 57220973693 57194049079 6506899840 57219898399 25321184300 56605566900 7102424614 Electronic properties; II-VI semiconductors; Metals; Oxide minerals; Oxygen; Oxygenation; Thin film solar cells; Thin films; Tin oxides; Zinc oxide; Atomic compositions; Compositional variation; Optoelectronic properties; Oxygen incorporation; Solar-cell applications; Thermal annealing process; Uniform microstructure; X-ray diffraction spectrum; Oxide films In this study, the impact of compositional variation in high resistance transparent (HRT) metal oxide ZTO films of thickness around 100nm has been investigated. The atomic composition in the films has been tailored by the change of RF power and sub-sequent thermal oxygenation in mixed nitrogen and oxygen atmosphere. A phase transition from ZnSnO3 to ZnSnO4 was observed in the X-ray diffraction spectra, indicating the possible oxygen incorporation into the films during the thermal annealing process. Uniform microstructures with compact interconnected grains of around 6-7 nm were found in SEM images while no significant changes been observed upon oxygenation. Besides, the significant alteration of electronic properties was noticed as an effect of compositional variation via oxygenation. All the films showed above 85% of optical transmittance in the visible light spectrum. The optimum optoelectronic properties for RF power has been determined as of 50W (ZnO) and 10W (SnO2) via thermal oxygenation at 400�C where the ratio O/(Zn+Sn) become around 1.6. The significant effect of oxygenation has been realized via primarily fabricated solar cells where the cell with ZnSnO4HRT shows higher efficiency than the ZnSnO3. � 2013 IEEE. Final 2023-05-29T08:12:18Z 2023-05-29T08:12:18Z 2020 Article 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3031894 2-s2.0-85095976124 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85095976124&doi=10.1109%2fACCESS.2020.3031894&partnerID=40&md5=c2ae799ff2425d0cd0cf68a80d37dfbe https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/25654 8 9229063 193560 193568 All Open Access, Gold Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. Scopus |
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Electronic properties; II-VI semiconductors; Metals; Oxide minerals; Oxygen; Oxygenation; Thin film solar cells; Thin films; Tin oxides; Zinc oxide; Atomic compositions; Compositional variation; Optoelectronic properties; Oxygen incorporation; Solar-cell applications; Thermal annealing process; Uniform microstructure; X-ray diffraction spectrum; Oxide films |
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Tailoring of the Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Zinc-Tin-Oxide Thin Films via Oxygenation Process for Solar Cell Application |
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Tailoring of the Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Zinc-Tin-Oxide Thin Films via Oxygenation Process for Solar Cell Application |
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Tailoring of the Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Zinc-Tin-Oxide Thin Films via Oxygenation Process for Solar Cell Application |
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Tailoring of the Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Zinc-Tin-Oxide Thin Films via Oxygenation Process for Solar Cell Application |
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Tailoring of the Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Zinc-Tin-Oxide Thin Films via Oxygenation Process for Solar Cell Application |
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tailoring of the structural and optoelectronic properties of zinc-tin-oxide thin films via oxygenation process for solar cell application |
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