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Tailoring of the Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Zinc-Tin-Oxide Thin Films via Oxygenation Process for Solar Cell Application

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dc.contributor.authorIslam M.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRafiq M.K.S.B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMisran H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorUzzaman M.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTechato K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMuhammad G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAmin N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57220973693en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57194049079en_US
dc.contributor.authorid6506899840en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57219898399en_US
dc.contributor.authorid25321184300en_US
dc.contributor.authorid56605566900en_US
dc.contributor.authorid7102424614en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-29T08:12:18Z
dc.date.available2023-05-29T08:12:18Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionElectronic properties; II-VI semiconductors; Metals; Oxide minerals; Oxygen; Oxygenation; Thin film solar cells; Thin films; Tin oxides; Zinc oxide; Atomic compositions; Compositional variation; Optoelectronic properties; Oxygen incorporation; Solar-cell applications; Thermal annealing process; Uniform microstructure; X-ray diffraction spectrum; Oxide filmsen_US
dc.description.abstractIn this study, the impact of compositional variation in high resistance transparent (HRT) metal oxide ZTO films of thickness around 100nm has been investigated. The atomic composition in the films has been tailored by the change of RF power and sub-sequent thermal oxygenation in mixed nitrogen and oxygen atmosphere. A phase transition from ZnSnO3 to ZnSnO4 was observed in the X-ray diffraction spectra, indicating the possible oxygen incorporation into the films during the thermal annealing process. Uniform microstructures with compact interconnected grains of around 6-7 nm were found in SEM images while no significant changes been observed upon oxygenation. Besides, the significant alteration of electronic properties was noticed as an effect of compositional variation via oxygenation. All the films showed above 85% of optical transmittance in the visible light spectrum. The optimum optoelectronic properties for RF power has been determined as of 50W (ZnO) and 10W (SnO2) via thermal oxygenation at 400�C where the ratio O/(Zn+Sn) become around 1.6. The significant effect of oxygenation has been realized via primarily fabricated solar cells where the cell with ZnSnO4HRT shows higher efficiency than the ZnSnO3. � 2013 IEEE.en_US
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dc.identifier.ArtNo9229063
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3031894
dc.identifier.epage193568
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85095976124
dc.identifier.spage193560
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85095976124&doi=10.1109%2fACCESS.2020.3031894&partnerID=40&md5=c2ae799ff2425d0cd0cf68a80d37dfbe
dc.identifier.urihttps://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/25654
dc.identifier.volume8
dc.publisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofAll Open Access, Gold
dc.sourceScopus
dc.sourcetitleIEEE Access
dc.titleTailoring of the Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Zinc-Tin-Oxide Thin Films via Oxygenation Process for Solar Cell Applicationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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