Transparent conducting oxides for photovoltaics: Manipulation of fermi level,work function and energy band alignment

Andreas Klein; Christoph Körber; Andŕe Wachau; Frank Säuberlich; Yvonne Gassenbauer; Steven P. Harvey; Diana E. Proffit; Thomas O. Mason

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Transparent conducting oxides for photovoltaics: Manipulation of fermi level,work function and energy band alignment

Andreas Klein^*, Christoph Körber, Andŕe Wachau, Frank Säuberlich, Yvonne Gassenbauer, Steven P. Harvey, Diana E. Proffit, Thomas O. Mason

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Abstract

Doping limits, band gaps, work functions and energy band alignments of undoped and donor-doped transparent conducting oxides ZnO, In₂O₃, and SnO₂ as accessed by X-ray and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS/UPS) are summarized and compared. The presented collection provides an extensive data set of technologically relevant electronic properties of photovoltaic transparent electrode materials and illustrates how these relate to the underlying defect chemistry, the dependence of surface dipoles on crystallographic orientation and/or surface termination, and Fermi level pinning.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4892-4914
Number of pages	23
Journal	Materials
Volume	3
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ma3114892
State	Published - 2010

Keywords

Band alignment
Doping
Solar cells
Transparent conducting oxides
Work function

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