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Newly developed SnO2:F films having “double–texture (W-texture)” were evaluated in terms of optical and electrical properties and compared with Asahi type-U substrate. “W-textured” transparent conductive oxide (TCO) film was composed of a combination of 300-500nm large hills and small pyramidal texture covering them. “W-textured” TCO could show a large haze value exceeding 80% even at 800nm. Microcrystalline Si (μc-Si:H) thin film solar cells were fabricated on these TCOs and characterized. The result showed that a quantum efficiency of μc-Si:H solar cells was improved with “W-textured” TCOs significantly in longer wavelength region.
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Oyama, T., Kambe, M., Taneda, N. et al. Requirements for TCO Substrate in Si-based Thin Film Solar Cells -Toward Tandem. MRS Online Proceedings Library 1101, 201 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-1101-KK02-01
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