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Low-cost plasmonic solar cells prepared by chemical spray pyrolysis
Solar cells consisting of an extremely thin In(2)S(3)/CuInS(2) buffer/absorber layer uniformly covering planar ZnO were prepared entirely by chemical spray pyrolysis. Au nanoparticles (Au-NPs) were formed via thermal decomposition of a gold(III) chloride trihydrate (HAuCl(4)·3H(2)O) precursor by spr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4273276/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25551068 http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.5.249 |
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author | Kärber, Erki Katerski, Atanas Oja Acik, Ilona Mikli, Valdek Mere, Arvo Sildos, Ilmo Krunks, Malle |
author_facet | Kärber, Erki Katerski, Atanas Oja Acik, Ilona Mikli, Valdek Mere, Arvo Sildos, Ilmo Krunks, Malle |
author_sort | Kärber, Erki |
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description | Solar cells consisting of an extremely thin In(2)S(3)/CuInS(2) buffer/absorber layer uniformly covering planar ZnO were prepared entirely by chemical spray pyrolysis. Au nanoparticles (Au-NPs) were formed via thermal decomposition of a gold(III) chloride trihydrate (HAuCl(4)·3H(2)O) precursor by spraying 2 mmol/L of the aqueous precursor solution onto a substrate held at 260 °C. Current–voltage scans and external quantum efficiency spectra were used to evaluate the solar cell performance. This work investigates the effect of the location of the Au-NP layer deposition (front side vs rear side) in the solar cell and the effect of varying the volume (2.5–10 mL) of the sprayed Au precursor solution. A 63% increase (from 4.6 to 7.5 mA/cm(2)) of the short-circuit current density was observed when 2.5 mL of the precursor solution was deposited onto the rear side of the solar cell. |
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spelling | pubmed-42732762014-12-30 Low-cost plasmonic solar cells prepared by chemical spray pyrolysis Kärber, Erki Katerski, Atanas Oja Acik, Ilona Mikli, Valdek Mere, Arvo Sildos, Ilmo Krunks, Malle Beilstein J Nanotechnol Letter Solar cells consisting of an extremely thin In(2)S(3)/CuInS(2) buffer/absorber layer uniformly covering planar ZnO were prepared entirely by chemical spray pyrolysis. Au nanoparticles (Au-NPs) were formed via thermal decomposition of a gold(III) chloride trihydrate (HAuCl(4)·3H(2)O) precursor by spraying 2 mmol/L of the aqueous precursor solution onto a substrate held at 260 °C. Current–voltage scans and external quantum efficiency spectra were used to evaluate the solar cell performance. This work investigates the effect of the location of the Au-NP layer deposition (front side vs rear side) in the solar cell and the effect of varying the volume (2.5–10 mL) of the sprayed Au precursor solution. A 63% increase (from 4.6 to 7.5 mA/cm(2)) of the short-circuit current density was observed when 2.5 mL of the precursor solution was deposited onto the rear side of the solar cell. Beilstein-Institut 2014-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4273276/ /pubmed/25551068 http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.5.249 Text en Copyright © 2014, Kärber et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjnano/termsThis is an Open Access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The license is subject to the Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology terms and conditions: (https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjnano/terms) |
spellingShingle | Letter Kärber, Erki Katerski, Atanas Oja Acik, Ilona Mikli, Valdek Mere, Arvo Sildos, Ilmo Krunks, Malle Low-cost plasmonic solar cells prepared by chemical spray pyrolysis |
title | Low-cost plasmonic solar cells prepared by chemical spray pyrolysis |
title_full | Low-cost plasmonic solar cells prepared by chemical spray pyrolysis |
title_fullStr | Low-cost plasmonic solar cells prepared by chemical spray pyrolysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Low-cost plasmonic solar cells prepared by chemical spray pyrolysis |
title_short | Low-cost plasmonic solar cells prepared by chemical spray pyrolysis |
title_sort | low-cost plasmonic solar cells prepared by chemical spray pyrolysis |
topic | Letter |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4273276/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25551068 http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.5.249 |
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