Spray-pyrolysis-deposited as-grown zinc oxide films as UV filters for silicon solar cells

Authors

Renebeth B. Payod ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Philippe Martin B. Tingzon ⋅ PH Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of the Philippines Diliman
Christopher Jude T. Vergara ⋅ PH Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of the Philippines Diliman
Elmer S. Estacio ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Arnel A. Salvador ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Armando S. Somintac ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

The dependence of a solar cell ZnO UV filter's quality on the spray volume was demonstrated. Zinc oxide films prepared using 50 mL and 100 mL of a 0.1 M precursor concentration was prepared. A decrease of 13%-20% on the visible region transmittance was seen from the 100 mL spray volume due to a rougher ZnO surface. In effect, the efficiency of the silicon solar cell drops by 0.17% for the 100 mL ZnO UV filter compared to the 50 mL. This is attributed to light scattering from the surface of the film. A lower spray volume was shown to be sufficient to eliminate UV degradation from the solar cell without compromising its performance.

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Issue

2017: Proceedings of the 35th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference

Article ID

SPP-2017-PA-23

Section

Poster Session A (Materials Science, Instrumentation, and Photonics)

Published

2017-06-07

How to Cite

[1]

RB Payod, PMB Tingzon, CJT Vergara, ES Estacio, AA Salvador, and AS Somintac, Spray-pyrolysis-deposited as-grown zinc oxide films as UV filters for silicon solar cells, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 35, SPP-2017-PA-23 (2017). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/223.