화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Korean Journal of Materials Research, Vol.30, No.4, 204-210, April, 2020
DOI10.3740/MRSK.2020.30.4.204  Export Citation
Citrate 농도에 따른 수용액 화학조 증착 ZnO 성장 및 ZnO 박막의 Cu(In,Ga)Se2 태양전지 응용
Effect of the Concentration of Citrate on the Growth of Aqueous Chemical Bath Deposited ZnO and Application of the Film to Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells
조경수1, 장현준2, 오재영2, 김재우2, 이준수2, 최예솔2, 홍기하2, 정중희1, 2, †
  • 1한밭대학교 공과대학 소재시스템공학과
  • 2한밭대학교 공과대학 신소재공학과
Kyung Soo Cho1, Hyunjun Jang2, Jae-Young Oh2, Jae Woo Kim2, Jun Su Lee2, Yesol Choi2, Ki-Ha Hong2, and Choong-Heui Chung1, 2, †
  • 1Department of Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, Hanbat National University, Daejeon 34158, Republic of Korea
  • 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanbat National University, Daejeon 34158, Republic of Korea
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ZnO thin films are of considerable interest because they can be customized by various coating technologies to have high electrical conductivity and high visible light transmittance. Therefore, ZnO thin films can be applied to various optoelectronic device applications such as transparent conducting thin films, solar cells and displays. In this study, ZnO rod and thin films are fabricated using aqueous chemical bath deposition (CBD), which is a low-cost method at low temperatures, and environmentally friendly. To investigate the structural, electrical and optical properties of ZnO for the presence of citrate ion, which can significantly affect crystal form of ZnO, various amounts of the citrate ion are added to the aqueous CBD ZnO reaction bath. As a result, ZnO crystals show a nanorod form without citrate, but a continuous thin film when citrate is above a certain concentration. In addition, as the citrate concentration increases, the electrical conductivity of the ZnO thin films increases, and is almost unchanged above a certain citrate concentration. Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) solar cell substrates are used to evaluate whether aqueous CBD ZnO thin films can be applicable to real devices. The performance of aqueous CBD ZnO thin films shows performance similar to that of a sputter-deposited ZnO:Al thin film as top transparent electrodes of CIGS solar cells.
Keywords:ZnO;chemical bath deposition;Cu(In,Ga)Se2;solar cell
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