A study on the ZnO anti-reflection layer of dye sensitized solar cell using zinc nitrate solution

Jinho Choi; Hyunwoong Seo; Min Kyu Son; Soo Kyoung Kim; Byung Man Kim; Hee Je Kim; Kandasamy Prabakar; Jong Rak Kim

doi:10.5370/KIEE.2012.61.5.705

A study on the ZnO anti-reflection layer of dye sensitized solar cell using zinc nitrate solution

Jinho Choi, Hyunwoong Seo, Min Kyu Son, Soo Kyoung Kim, Byung Man Kim, Hee Je Kim, Kandasamy Prabakar, Jong Rak Kim

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An anti-reflection layer (AR) is used in the solar cell to improve the amount of the irradiated light, resulting in the improvement of the performance of the solar cell. In this study, the zinc oxide (ZnO) AR is applied to the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) by using zinc nitrate solution. The conditions such as solution concentration and sintering temperature for fabricating the ZnO AR are changed to optimize the performance of the AR. As a result, the best performance is shown when the zinc nitrate solution with 100mM concentration is used and the sintering temperature is 600°C. And then, the ZnO AR formed with these optimal conditions is applied to the DSC. Consequently, a DSC with a ZnO AR had an increased current density up to 13.86mA/cm and an enhanced efficiency of 6.32%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	705-710
Number of pages	6
Journal	Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
Volume	61
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5370/KIEE.2012.61.5.705
Publication status	Published - May 2012

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