Soft-Microstructured Transparent Electrodes for Photonic-Enhanced Flexible Solar Cells

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Main Author: Boane, Jenny L. N.
Publication Date: 2021
Other Authors: Centeno, Pedro, Mouquinho, Ana, Alexandre, Miguel, Calmeiro, Tomás, Fortunato, Elvira, Martins, Rodrigo, Mendes, Manuel J., Águas, Hugo
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Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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spelling Soft-Microstructured Transparent Electrodes for Photonic-Enhanced Flexible Solar Cellscolloidal lithographyPhotonicsphotovoltaicstransparent microstructured electrodesEngineering (miscellaneous)SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean EnergyH2020-LCE-2017-RES-RIA DFA/BD/7882/2020Microstructured transparent conductive oxides (TCOs) have shown great potential as photonic electrodes in photovoltaic (PV) applications, providing both optical and electrical improvements in the solar cells’ performance due to: (1) strong light trapping effects that enhance broadband light absorption in PV material and (2) the reduced sheet resistance of the front illuminated contact. This work developed a method for the fabrication and optimization of wavelength-sized indium zinc oxide (IZO) microstructures, which were soft-patterned on flexible indium tin oxide (ITO)-coated poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) substrates via a simple, low-cost, versatile, and highly scalable colloidal lithography process. Using this method, the ITO-coated PET substrates patterned with IZO micro-meshes provided improved transparent electrodes endowed with strong light interaction effects—namely, a pronounced light scattering performance (diffuse transmittance up to ~50%). In addition, the photonic-structured IZO mesh allowed a higher volume of TCO material in the electrode while maintaining the desired transparency, which led to a sheet resistance reduction (by ~30%), thereby providing further electrical benefits due to the improvement of the contact conductance. The results reported herein pave the way for a new class of photonic transparent electrodes endowed with mechanical flexibility that offer strong potential not only as advanced front contacts for thin-film bendable solar cells but also for a much broader range of optoelectronic applications.DCM - Departamento de Ciência dos MateriaisCENIMAT-i3N - Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Lab. Associado I3N)UNINOVA-Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas TecnologiasRUNBoane, Jenny L. N.Centeno, PedroMouquinho, AnaAlexandre, MiguelCalmeiro, TomásFortunato, ElviraMartins, RodrigoMendes, Manuel J.Águas, Hugo2022-03-29T01:38:04Z2021-10-112021-10-11T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article13application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/135394engPURE: 35892692https://doi.org/10.3390/micro1020016info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)instname:FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiainstacron:RCAAP2024-09-09T01:38:06Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/135394Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-28T17:31:45.185252Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) - FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Soft-Microstructured Transparent Electrodes for Photonic-Enhanced Flexible Solar Cells
title Soft-Microstructured Transparent Electrodes for Photonic-Enhanced Flexible Solar Cells
spellingShingle Soft-Microstructured Transparent Electrodes for Photonic-Enhanced Flexible Solar Cells
Boane, Jenny L. N.
colloidal lithography
Photonics
photovoltaics
transparent microstructured electrodes
Engineering (miscellaneous)
SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
title_short Soft-Microstructured Transparent Electrodes for Photonic-Enhanced Flexible Solar Cells
title_full Soft-Microstructured Transparent Electrodes for Photonic-Enhanced Flexible Solar Cells
title_fullStr Soft-Microstructured Transparent Electrodes for Photonic-Enhanced Flexible Solar Cells
title_full_unstemmed Soft-Microstructured Transparent Electrodes for Photonic-Enhanced Flexible Solar Cells
title_sort Soft-Microstructured Transparent Electrodes for Photonic-Enhanced Flexible Solar Cells
author Boane, Jenny L. N.
author_facet Boane, Jenny L. N.
Centeno, Pedro
Mouquinho, Ana
Alexandre, Miguel
Calmeiro, Tomás
Fortunato, Elvira
Martins, Rodrigo
Mendes, Manuel J.
Águas, Hugo
author_role author
author2 Centeno, Pedro
Mouquinho, Ana
Alexandre, Miguel
Calmeiro, Tomás
Fortunato, Elvira
Martins, Rodrigo
Mendes, Manuel J.
Águas, Hugo
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv DCM - Departamento de Ciência dos Materiais
CENIMAT-i3N - Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Lab. Associado I3N)
UNINOVA-Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Boane, Jenny L. N.
Centeno, Pedro
Mouquinho, Ana
Alexandre, Miguel
Calmeiro, Tomás
Fortunato, Elvira
Martins, Rodrigo
Mendes, Manuel J.
Águas, Hugo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv colloidal lithography
Photonics
photovoltaics
transparent microstructured electrodes
Engineering (miscellaneous)
SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
topic colloidal lithography
Photonics
photovoltaics
transparent microstructured electrodes
Engineering (miscellaneous)
SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
description H2020-LCE-2017-RES-RIA DFA/BD/7882/2020
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2021-10-11T00:00:00Z
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