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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

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Fig. 1

Pictorial representation for the synthesis of spinel ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles and deposition of spinel ZnFe2O4 nanostructures
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.
XRD pattern of as synthesized spinel ZnFe2O4 nanocrystallites.

Fig. 3

FTIR spectra of as synthesized spinel ZnFe2O4 nanocrystallites.
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
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.
(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
UV transmittance spectra of spinel ZnFe2O4 nanocrystallites coated and uncoated solar cells

Fig. 7

Reflectance of spinel ZnFe2O4 nanocrystallites coated and uncoated solar cells.
Reflectance of spinel ZnFe2O4 nanocrystallites coated and uncoated solar cells.

Fig. 8

Electrical resistivity of spinel ZnFe2O4 nanocrystallites coated PSSCs.
Electrical resistivity of spinel ZnFe2O4 nanocrystallites coated PSSCs.

Fig. 9

I–V characteristics of spinel ZnFe2O4 nanocrystallites coated and uncoated PSSCs.
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
Accepted on: Feb 21, 2021
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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