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Thin films deposition for energy efficient windows and solar cells

This work mainly investigates the use of aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposition (AACVD) process to fabricate thin film materials for energy efficient glazing and thin film solar cells applications. Ga-doped ZnO thin films were firstly deposited onto glass substrates by AACVD of zinc and gallium acetylacetonates in methanol. After optimizing the doping concentration, film thickness and heating temperature, ZnO:Ga coatings with high visible transparency (> 80 %) and infrared reflection (up to 48.9 % at 2500 nm) were obtained, which is close to the optical requirements for commercial energy saving glazing. Pyramid-shaped and plate-shaped zinc oxides films were then deposited on glass substrates by AACVD of zinc-acetate-dihydrate, acetic acid and deionized water in methanol. These surface-textured ZnO films exhibited good visible transparency (~70 %), low sheet resistance (~60 Ω sq-1) and ultra large haze factor (up to 98.5 %), which is the most hazy ZnO ever reported and can be potentially used as the front contact in thin-film solar cells. Finally, uniform compact CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite films with high phase purity and micron-sized pinhole-free grains were deposited on glass substrates by a novel two-step and three-step sequential AACVD process. In conclusion, AACVD shows a great potential for the scalable fabrication of ZnO-based and organometallic halide-based thin film materials.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:701408
Date January 2016
CreatorsChen, Shuqun
PublisherQueen Mary, University of London
Source SetsEthos UK
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Sourcehttp://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/18422

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