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Spinel zinc ferrite nanostructured thin-films for enhanced light-harvesting in polycrystalline solar cells Cover

Spinel zinc ferrite nanostructured thin-films for enhanced light-harvesting in polycrystalline solar cells

Materials Science-Poland
Volume 39 (2021): Issue 1 (March 2021)
By: Arun Kumar Shanmugam,  Rajasekar Rathanasamy,  Gobinath Velu Kaliyannan,  Nithyavathy Nagarajan and  Manivasakan Palanisamy  
Open Access
|Jun 2021

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1

Pictorial representation for the synthesis of spinel ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles and deposition of spinel ZnFe2O4 nanostructures

Fig. 2

XRD pattern of as synthesized spinel ZnFe2O4 nanocrystallites.

Fig. 3

FTIR spectra of as synthesized spinel ZnFe2O4 nanocrystallites.

Fig. 4

AFM images of spinel ZnFe2O4 nanocrystallites coated PSSCs: a) single layer coating, b) double layers coating, c) triple layers coating and d) quarter layers coating

Fig. 5

(a) FE-SEM, (b) EDAX spectra and (c) percentage of the elemental composition of ZnFe2O4 three layer (L3) coated PSSC.

Fig. 6

UV transmittance spectra of spinel ZnFe2O4 nanocrystallites coated and uncoated solar cells

Fig. 7

Reflectance of spinel ZnFe2O4 nanocrystallites coated and uncoated solar cells.

Fig. 8

Electrical resistivity of spinel ZnFe2O4 nanocrystallites coated PSSCs.

Fig. 9

I–V characteristics of spinel ZnFe2O4 nanocrystallites coated and uncoated PSSCs.

XRF analysis of as synthesized spinel ZnFe2O4 nanocrystallites

ElementsZnOFe2O3MnOCaOCuONiOSc2O3Cr2O3
Chemical Composition (%)33.37766.1570.2800.0720.0710.0250.0140.002

PCE of spinel ZnFe2O4 nanocrystallites coated and uncoated PSSCs_

Solar cellJsc (mA/cm2)Voc (V)Fill factor (%)Efficiency η (%)
Ref. cell32.10.6257615.24
L133.60.63676.416.37
L237.710.64177.118.63
L339.300.65278.220.03
L438.50.65177.519.39

Average crystallite sizes of ZnFe2O4 sample determined from various diffraction lines

2 ThetaFWHMCrystallite Size D (nm)
32.85600.140758.86575
34.68560.204740.65779
36.49400.191943.58997
43.00090.179147.67414
47.79180.102384.93736
56.44340.127970.49320
63.07840.0895104.1472
68.33620.102393.85715
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2021-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2083-134X | Journal ISSN: 2083-1331
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Language: English
Page range: 24 - 32
Submitted on: Feb 9, 2021
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Accepted on: Feb 21, 2021
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Published on: Jun 8, 2021
Published by: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Spinel zinc ferrite nanocrystallites,
nanostructured thin films,
light-harvesting and anti-reflection coating,
polycrystalline silicon solar cells
Related subjects:
Materials sciences,
Materials sciences, other,
Nanomaterials,
Functional and smart materials,
Materials characterization and properties

© 2021 Arun Kumar Shanmugam, Rajasekar Rathanasamy, Gobinath Velu Kaliyannan, Nithyavathy Nagarajan, Manivasakan Palanisamy, published by Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
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