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ArticleScientific reports2023

Optoelectronic performance of indium tin oxide thin films structured by sub-picosecond direct laser interference patterning.

Herman Heffner, Marcos Soldera, Andrés Fabián Lasagni

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors.

Herman HeffnerInstitut Für Fertigungstechnik, Technische Universität Dresden, George-Bähr-Str. 3c, 01069, Dresden, Germany. herman.heffner@tu-dresden.de.
Marcos SolderaInstitut Für Fertigungstechnik, Technische Universität Dresden, George-Bähr-Str. 3c, 01069, Dresden, Germany.
Andrés Fabián LasagniInstitut Für Fertigungstechnik, Technische Universität Dresden, George-Bähr-Str. 3c, 01069, Dresden, Germany.

Funding

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst 91783591
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A route to increase the efficiency of thin film solar cells is improving the light-trapping capacity by texturing the top Transparent Conductive Oxide (TCO) so that the sunlight reaching the solar absorber scatters into multiple directions. In this study, Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) thin films are treated by infrared sub-picosecond Direct Laser Interference Patterning (DLIP) to modify the surface topography. Surface analysis by scanning electron microscopy and confocal microscopy reveals the presence of periodic microchannels with a spatial period of 5 µm and an average height between 15 and 450 nm decorated with Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structures (LIPSS) in the direction parallel to the microchannels. A relative increase in the average total and diffuse optical transmittances up to 10.7% and 1900%, respectively, was obtained in the 400-1000 nm spectral range as an outcome of the interaction of white light with the generated micro- and nanostructures. The estimation of Haacke's figure of merit suggests that the surface modification of ITO with fluence levels near the ablation threshold might enhance the performance of solar cells that employ ITO as a front electrode.

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LasersLightElectric ConductivityElectrodesTin Compoundsindium tin oxideTin Compounds

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PMCPMC10275878

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