Photovoltaic electrical properties of aqueous grown ZnO antireflective nanostructure on Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells

Yi Chih Wang; Bing Yi Lin; Po-Tsun Liu; Han Ping D. Shieh

doi:10.1364/OE.22.000A13

Photovoltaic electrical properties of aqueous grown ZnO antireflective nanostructure on Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ thin film solar cells

Yi Chih Wang, Bing Yi Lin, Po-Tsun Liu, Han Ping D. Shieh

Department of Photonics

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A solution-grown subwavelength antireflection coating has been investigated for enhancing the photovoltaic efficiency of thin film solar cells. The 100-nm-height ZnO nanorods coating benefited the photocurrent of Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ solar cells from 31.7 to 34.5 mA/cm² via the decrease of surface light reflectance from 14.5% to 7.0%, contributed by the gradual refractive index profile between air and AZO window layer. The further reduction of surface reflectance to 2.3% in the case of 540-nm-height nanorods, yet, lowered the photocurrent to 29.5 mA/cm², attributed to the decrease in transmittance. The absorption effect of hydrothermal grown ZnO nanorods was explored to optimize the antireflection function in enhancing photovoltaic performances.

Original language	English
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	22
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.000A13
State	Published - 13 Jan 2014

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