Title
Recent progress in transparent conducting materials by use of metallic grids on metaloxides
Author
van Deelen, J.
Rendering, H.
Hovestad, A.
Publication year
2012
Abstract
Alternatives to ITO are under heavy investigation. Organic and inorganic transparent conducting materials are compared based on their transparency versus sheet resistance characteristics. Although graphene has advanced recently, TCOs are still superior in performance and can only be surpassed by the combination of transparent materials with a metal grid. Results on modeling and design optimization using a monolithically integrated CIGS cell configuration as case showed that considerable efficiency enhancement (up to 17% in power output compared to single TCOs) can be achieved for metal grid/TCO combinations. Conductivity improvement has been experimentally verified by four point probe measurements.on both commercial ITO coated PET foil as well as on ZnO coated glass with electrochemically deposited metal grids Sheet resistances as low as 0,1 Ohm/sq were reached and 80 times and 400 times conductivity improvements were obtained at a transparency loss of only 3% and 6%, respectively. It was also found that electrochemical deposition results in more conductive grids than obtained by Ag-ink screen printing due to higher aspect ratios and bulk-like conductivity of the first. Simultaneously, nanopatterning allows optimal grid width of 20 µm, as determined by modeling. © 2011 Materials Research Society.
Subject
Mechatronics, Mechanics & Materials
TFT - Thin Film Technology
TS - Technical Sciences
High Tech Systems & Materials
Materials
Industrial Innovation
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TNO identifier
445681
ISBN
9781605113005
ISSN
0272-9172
Source
2011 MRS Spring Meeting, 25 April 2011 through 29 April 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA, 1323, 17-21
Series
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
Document type
conference paper