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Zinc oxide nanoparticles for improvement of thin film photovoltaic structures’ efficiency through down shifting conversion

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The paper presents the idea to improve the performance of thin film photovoltaic cells by a light capture enhancement through the introduction of down shifting energy converters. Luminescent down shifting layers convert high-energy photons (UV light) into low-energy ones (visible light), which are more efficient in a photovoltaic conversion. For this purpose, the application of a thin layer composed of zincoxide (ZnO) nanoparticles deposited onto a thin film solar cell is proposed. The paper presents both experimental and theoretical results of this approach. Conducted investigations include an analysis of ZnO nanoparticle layers, deposited in two independent technology methods. The results showed that ZnO nanoparticles have a great potential of application as down converting layers and can be implemented to improve the efficiency of photovoltaic cells, especially in the field of thin film PV structures. The proposed new deposition method can potentially be used in some industrial photovoltaic applications.
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hal-01809501 , version 1 (17-01-2022)

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K. Znajdek, M. Sibiński, Z. Lisik, A. Apostoluk, Y. Zhu, et al.. Zinc oxide nanoparticles for improvement of thin film photovoltaic structures’ efficiency through down shifting conversion. Opto-Electronics Review, 2017, 25 (2), pp.99-102. ⟨10.1016/j.opelre.2017.05.005⟩. ⟨hal-01809501⟩
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