Transparent conductive oxide films for
high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells

Mehmood, U; Afzaal, M; Al-Ahmed,, A; Yates, HM; Hakeem, A.S.; Ali, H; Al-Sulaiman, FA

Abstract

In this paper, atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition of fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) thin films of various thicknesses and dopant levels is reported. The deposited coatings are used to fabricate dye-sensitized solar cells, which exhibited reproducible power conversion efficiencies in excess of 10%. No surface texturing of FTOs or any additional treatment of dye-covered films is applied. In comparison, the use of commercial FTOs showed a lower cell efficiency of 7.11%. Detailed analysis showed that the cell efficiencies do not simply depend on the resistivity of FTOs but instead rely on a combination of carrier concentration, thickness, and surface roughness properties.

Citation

high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 7(2), 518-524. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2641303

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 9, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Jan 16, 2017
• Publication Date: Jan 16, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jan 20, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 20, 2017
• Journal: IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
• Print ISSN: 2156-3381
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 518-524
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2641303
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2641303
• Additional Information: Funders : King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals; Projects : Dye cells