TY - JOUR
T1 - Scalable Pulsed Laser Deposition of Transparent Rear Electrode for Perovskite Solar Cells
AU - Smirnov, Yury
AU - Schmengler, Laura
AU - Kuik, Riemer
AU - Repecaud, Pierre-Alexis
AU - Najafi, Mehrdad
AU - Zhang, Dong
AU - Theelen, Mirjam
AU - Aydin, Erkan
AU - Veenstra, Sjoerd
AU - De Wolf, Stefaan
AU - Morales-Masis, Monica
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2021-01-21
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): OSR-2019-CPF-4106.4
Acknowledgements: The authors acknowledge Dr. Mark Smithers for SEM and EBSD measurements and Junke Wang for electron transport layer evaporation. The authors acknowledge financial support by the KAUST Center Partnership Fund Project OSR-2019-CPF-4106.4 and the SOLAR-ERA.NET, CUSTCO project. TNO is also acknowledged for financial support by the Early Research Program “Sustainability & Reliability for solar and other (opto-)electronic thin-film devices” (STAR). Y.S., P.-A.R., and M.M.-M. thank Yorick Birkhölzer for help with X-ray diffraction measurements, Dr. Jaap Geessinck and Dr. Rik Groenen (TSST), Prof. Guus Rijnders and Prof. Gertjan Koster (University of Twente) for fruitful discussions on PLD growth.
PY - 2021/1/12
Y1 - 2021/1/12
N2 - Sputtered transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) are widely accepted transparent electrodes for several types of high-efficiency solar cells. However, the different sputtering yield of atoms makes stoichiometric transfer of target material challenging for multi-compounds. Additionally, the high kinetic energies of the arriving species may damage sensitive functional layers beneath. Conversely, pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is operated at higher deposition pressures promoting thermalization of particles. This leads to stoichiometric transfer and additionally reduces the kinetic energy of ablated species. Despite these advantages, PLD is rarely used within the photovoltaic community due to concerns about low deposition rates and the scalability of the technique. In this study, wafer-scale (4-inch) PLD of high-mobility Zr-doped In2O3 (IZrO) TCO for solar cells is demonstrated. IZrO films are grown at room temperature with deposition rate on par with RF-sputtering (>4 nm min−1). As-deposited IZrO films are mostly amorphous and exhibit excellent optoelectronic properties after solid phase crystallization at
AB - Sputtered transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) are widely accepted transparent electrodes for several types of high-efficiency solar cells. However, the different sputtering yield of atoms makes stoichiometric transfer of target material challenging for multi-compounds. Additionally, the high kinetic energies of the arriving species may damage sensitive functional layers beneath. Conversely, pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is operated at higher deposition pressures promoting thermalization of particles. This leads to stoichiometric transfer and additionally reduces the kinetic energy of ablated species. Despite these advantages, PLD is rarely used within the photovoltaic community due to concerns about low deposition rates and the scalability of the technique. In this study, wafer-scale (4-inch) PLD of high-mobility Zr-doped In2O3 (IZrO) TCO for solar cells is demonstrated. IZrO films are grown at room temperature with deposition rate on par with RF-sputtering (>4 nm min−1). As-deposited IZrO films are mostly amorphous and exhibit excellent optoelectronic properties after solid phase crystallization at
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/666951
UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/admt.202000856
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85099262093&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/admt.202000856
DO - 10.1002/admt.202000856
M3 - Article
SN - 2365-709X
SP - 2000856
JO - Advanced Materials Technologies
JF - Advanced Materials Technologies
ER -
