A Compilation of Nanotechnology in Thin Film Solar Cell Devices
Nanotechnology has become the world attention in
various applications including the solar cells devices due to the
uniqueness and benefits of achieving low cost and better
performances of devices. Recently, thin film solar cells such as
Cadmium Telluride (CdTe), Copper-Indium-Gallium-diSelenide
(CIGS), Copper-Zinc-Tin-Sulphide (CZTS), and Dye-Sensitized
Solar Cells (DSSC) enhanced by nanotechnology have attracted
much attention. Thus, a compilation of nanotechnology devices
giving the progress in the solar cells has been presented. It is much
related to nanoparticles or nanocrystallines, carbon nanotubes, and
nanowires or nanorods structures.
[1] Fulekar, M. H. Nanotechnology: Importance and Applications. IK
International Pvt Ltd, 2010.
[2] Singh, Vijay P., R. S. Singh, and Karen E. Sampson. "Thin-Film Solar
Cells Based on Nanostructured CdS, CIS, CdTe and Cu2S."
Nanostructured Materials for Solar Energy Conversion (2006): 167.
[3] Sethi, V. K., Mukesh Pandey, and Ms Priti Shukla. "Use of
nanotechnology in solar PV cell." International Journal of Chemical
Engineering and Applications 2 (2011).
[4] El Chaar, L., and N. El Zein. "Review of photovoltaic
technologies." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 15, no. 5
(2011): 2165-2175.
[5] Tsakalakos, Loucas. "Nanostructures for photovoltaics." Materials
Science and Engineering: R: Reports 62, no. 6 (2008): 175-189.
[6] Singh, R. S., V. K. Rangari, S. Sanagapalli, V. Jayaraman, S. Mahendra,
and V. P. Singh. "Nano-structured CdTe, CdS and TiO2 for thin film
solar cell applications." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 82, no.
1 (2004): 315-330.
[7] Akimov, Yu A., W. S. Koh, S. Y. Sian, and S. Ren. "Nanoparticleenhanced
thin film solar cells: Metallic or dielectric
nanoparticles." Applied Physics Letters 96, no. 7 (2010): 073111.
[8] Gorji, Nima E., and Mohammad Houshmand. "Carbon nanotubes
application as buffer layer in Cu (In, Ga) Se2 based thin film solar cells."
Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 50 (2013):
122-125.
[9] Dutta, Achyut K. "Prospects of nanotechnology for high-efficiency solar
cells." In Electrical & Computer Engineering (ICECE), 2012 7th
International Conference on, pp. 347-350. IEEE, 2012.
[10] Garnett, Erik C., Mark L. Brongersma, Yi Cui, and Michael D.
McGehee. "Nanowire solar cells." Annual Review of Materials Research
41 (2011): 269-295.
[11] Singh, R. S., V. K. Rangari, S. Sanagapalli, V. Jayaraman, S. Mahendra,
and V. P. Singh. "Nano-structured CdTe, CdS and TiO2 for thin film
solar cell applications." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 82, no.
1 (2004): 315-330.
[12] Liu, Piao, Vijay P. Singh, Carlos A. Jarro, and Suresh Rajaputra.
"Cadmium sulfide nanowires for the window semiconductor layer in
thin film CdS–CdTe solar cells." Nanotechnology 22, no. 14 (2011):
145304.
[13] Khoshsirat, Nima, and Nurul Amziah Md Yunus. "Numerical simulation
of CIGS thin film solar cells using SCAPS-1D." In Sustainable
Utilization and Development in Engineering and Technology
(CSUDET), 2013 IEEE Conference on, pp. 63-67. IEEE, 2013.
[14] Inguanta, Rosalinda, Patrizia Livreri, Salvatore Piazza, and Carmelo
Sunseri. "Fabrication and photoelectrochemical behavior of ordered
CIGS nanowire arrays for application in solar cells." Electrochemical
and solid-state letters 13, no. 3 (2010): K22-K25.
[15] Wei, Aixiang, Zhiqiang Yan, Yu Zhao, Mixue Zhuang, and Jun Liu.
"Solvothermal synthesis of Cu2ZnSnS4 nanocrystalline thin films for
application of solar cells." International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
(2014).
[16] Wang, C. E., S. Tanaka, T. Shimizu, and S. Shingubara. "Fabrication of
Vertical Cu2ZnSnS4 Nanowire Arrays by Two-Step Electroplating
Method into Anodic Aluminum Oxide Template." Journal of Materials
Science & Nanotechnology 1 (2014): S103.
[17] O'Regan, B., and Grätzel, M. A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell
based of dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 Films. Nature 1991, 353:737.
[18] Maheswari, D., and P. Venkatachalam. "Enhancing the performance of
dye-sensitized solar cells based on organic dye sensitized TiO2
nanoparticles/nanowires composite photo anodes with ionic liquid
electrolyte. Measurement (2014).
[19] Baxter, Jason B., A. M. Walker, K. Van Ommering, and E. S. Aydil.
"Synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanowires and their integration
into dye-sensitized solar cells." Nanotechnology 17, no. 11 (2006):
S304.
[20] Pang, S., Xie, T., Zhang, Y., Wei, X., Yang, M., Wang, D., & Du, Z.
(2007). Research on the effect of different sizes of ZnO nanorods on the
efficiency of TiO2-based dye-sensitized solar cells. The Journal of
Physical Chemistry C, 111(49), 18417-18422.
[21] Li, Guo‐ran, Feng Wang, Qi‐wei Jiang, Xue‐ping Gao, and Pan‐wen
Shen. "Carbon Nanotubes with Titanium Nitride as a Low‐Cost Counter‐
Electrode Material for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells." Angewandte Chemie
International Edition 49, no. 21 (2010): 3653-3656.
[22] Wu, Xuanzhi. "High-efficiency polycrystalline CdTe thin-film solar
cells." Solar energy 77, no. 6 (2004): 803-814.
[23] Sun, Shi, Hongmei Liu, Yuping Gao, Donghuan Qin, and Junwu Chen.
"Controlled synthesis of CdTe nanocrystals for high performance
Schottky thin film solar cells." Journal of Materials Chemistry 22, no.
36 (2012): 19207-19212.
[24] Kuo, Shou-Yi, Ming-Yang Hsieh, Fang-I. Lai, Yu-Kuang Liao, Ming-
Hsuan Kao, and Hao-Chung Kuo. "Modeling and optimization of subwavelength
grating nanostructures on Cu (In, Ga) Se2 solar
cell." Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 51, no. 10S (2012): 10NC14.
[25] Rani, Seema, Poonam Suri, P. K. Shishodia, and R. M. Mehra.
"Synthesis of nanocrystalline ZnO powder via sol–gel route for dyesensitized
solar cells." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 92, no.
12 (2008): 1639-1645.
[26] Fan, Jiajie; Li, Zhenzhen; Zhou, Wenyuan; Miao, Yucong; Zhang,
Yaojia; Hu, Junhua; and Shao, Guosheng “Dye-sensitized solar cells
based on TiO2 nanoparticles/nanobelts double-layered film with
improved photovoltaic performance” Applied Surface Science 319
(2014): 75-82.
[27] Dong, Hua, Zhaoxin Wu, Yucui Gao, Ahmed El-Shafei, Bo Jiao, Yang
Dai, and Xun Hou. "A nanostructure-based counter electrode for dyesensitized
solar cells by assembly of silver nanoparticles." Organic
Electronics 15, no. 7 (2014): 1641-1649.
[28] Kwak, Woo-Chul, Sung-Hwan Han, Tae Geun Kim, and Yun-Mo Sung.
"Electrode position of Cu (In, Ga) Se2 crystals on high-density CdS
nanowire arrays for photovoltaic applications." Crystal Growth &
Design 10, no. 12 (2010): 5297-5301.
[29] Chu, Van Ben, Jin Woo Cho, Se Jin Park, Yun Jeong Hwang, Hoo Keun
Park, Young Rag Do, and Byoung Koun Min. "Fabrication of solution
processed 3D nanostructured CuInGaS2 thin film solar cells."
Nanotechnology 25, no. 12 (2014): 125401.
[30] Chen, Lin-Jer, and Yu-Ju Chuang. "Directly electro spinning growth of
single crystal Cu2ZnSnS4 nanowires film for high performance thin film
solar cell." Journal of Power Sources 241 (2013): 259-265.
[31] Rao, A. Ranga, and V. Dutta. "Achievement of 4.7% conversion
efficiency in ZnO dye-sensitized solar cells fabricated by spray deposition using hydrothermally synthesized nanoparticles."
Nanotechnology 19, no. 44 (2008): 445712.
[32] Jiu, Jinting, Seiji Isoda, Fumin Wang, and Motonari Adachi. "Dyesensitized
solar cells based on a single-crystalline TiO2 nanorod film."
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 110, no. 5 (2006): 2087-2092.
[33] Barnes, T. M., X. Wu, J. Zhou, A. Duda, J. Van de Lagemaat, T. J.
Coutts, C. L. Weeks, D. A. Britz, and P. Glatkowski. "Single-wall
carbon nanotube networks as a transparent back contact in CdTe solar
cells." Applied Physics Letters 90, no. 24 (2007): 243503.
[34] Yen, Chuan-Yu, Yu-Feng Lin, Shu-Hang Liao, Cheng-Chih Weng,
Ching-Chun Huang, Yi-Hsiu Hsiao, Chen-Chi M. Ma et al. "Preparation
and properties of a carbon nanotube-based nanocomposite photoanode
for dye-sensitized solar cells." Nanotechnology 19, no. 37 (2008):
375305.
[35] Hyeoká Park, Jong, and Man GuáKang. "Growth, detachment and
transfer of highly-ordered TiO 2 nanotube arrays: use in dye-sensitized
solar cells." Chemical Communications 25 (2008): 2867-2869.
[1] Fulekar, M. H. Nanotechnology: Importance and Applications. IK
International Pvt Ltd, 2010.
[2] Singh, Vijay P., R. S. Singh, and Karen E. Sampson. "Thin-Film Solar
Cells Based on Nanostructured CdS, CIS, CdTe and Cu2S."
Nanostructured Materials for Solar Energy Conversion (2006): 167.
[3] Sethi, V. K., Mukesh Pandey, and Ms Priti Shukla. "Use of
nanotechnology in solar PV cell." International Journal of Chemical
Engineering and Applications 2 (2011).
[4] El Chaar, L., and N. El Zein. "Review of photovoltaic
technologies." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 15, no. 5
(2011): 2165-2175.
[5] Tsakalakos, Loucas. "Nanostructures for photovoltaics." Materials
Science and Engineering: R: Reports 62, no. 6 (2008): 175-189.
[6] Singh, R. S., V. K. Rangari, S. Sanagapalli, V. Jayaraman, S. Mahendra,
and V. P. Singh. "Nano-structured CdTe, CdS and TiO2 for thin film
solar cell applications." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 82, no.
1 (2004): 315-330.
[7] Akimov, Yu A., W. S. Koh, S. Y. Sian, and S. Ren. "Nanoparticleenhanced
thin film solar cells: Metallic or dielectric
nanoparticles." Applied Physics Letters 96, no. 7 (2010): 073111.
[8] Gorji, Nima E., and Mohammad Houshmand. "Carbon nanotubes
application as buffer layer in Cu (In, Ga) Se2 based thin film solar cells."
Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 50 (2013):
122-125.
[9] Dutta, Achyut K. "Prospects of nanotechnology for high-efficiency solar
cells." In Electrical & Computer Engineering (ICECE), 2012 7th
International Conference on, pp. 347-350. IEEE, 2012.
[10] Garnett, Erik C., Mark L. Brongersma, Yi Cui, and Michael D.
McGehee. "Nanowire solar cells." Annual Review of Materials Research
41 (2011): 269-295.
[11] Singh, R. S., V. K. Rangari, S. Sanagapalli, V. Jayaraman, S. Mahendra,
and V. P. Singh. "Nano-structured CdTe, CdS and TiO2 for thin film
solar cell applications." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 82, no.
1 (2004): 315-330.
[12] Liu, Piao, Vijay P. Singh, Carlos A. Jarro, and Suresh Rajaputra.
"Cadmium sulfide nanowires for the window semiconductor layer in
thin film CdS–CdTe solar cells." Nanotechnology 22, no. 14 (2011):
145304.
[13] Khoshsirat, Nima, and Nurul Amziah Md Yunus. "Numerical simulation
of CIGS thin film solar cells using SCAPS-1D." In Sustainable
Utilization and Development in Engineering and Technology
(CSUDET), 2013 IEEE Conference on, pp. 63-67. IEEE, 2013.
[14] Inguanta, Rosalinda, Patrizia Livreri, Salvatore Piazza, and Carmelo
Sunseri. "Fabrication and photoelectrochemical behavior of ordered
CIGS nanowire arrays for application in solar cells." Electrochemical
and solid-state letters 13, no. 3 (2010): K22-K25.
[15] Wei, Aixiang, Zhiqiang Yan, Yu Zhao, Mixue Zhuang, and Jun Liu.
"Solvothermal synthesis of Cu2ZnSnS4 nanocrystalline thin films for
application of solar cells." International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
(2014).
[16] Wang, C. E., S. Tanaka, T. Shimizu, and S. Shingubara. "Fabrication of
Vertical Cu2ZnSnS4 Nanowire Arrays by Two-Step Electroplating
Method into Anodic Aluminum Oxide Template." Journal of Materials
Science & Nanotechnology 1 (2014): S103.
[17] O'Regan, B., and Grätzel, M. A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell
based of dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 Films. Nature 1991, 353:737.
[18] Maheswari, D., and P. Venkatachalam. "Enhancing the performance of
dye-sensitized solar cells based on organic dye sensitized TiO2
nanoparticles/nanowires composite photo anodes with ionic liquid
electrolyte. Measurement (2014).
[19] Baxter, Jason B., A. M. Walker, K. Van Ommering, and E. S. Aydil.
"Synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanowires and their integration
into dye-sensitized solar cells." Nanotechnology 17, no. 11 (2006):
S304.
[20] Pang, S., Xie, T., Zhang, Y., Wei, X., Yang, M., Wang, D., & Du, Z.
(2007). Research on the effect of different sizes of ZnO nanorods on the
efficiency of TiO2-based dye-sensitized solar cells. The Journal of
Physical Chemistry C, 111(49), 18417-18422.
[21] Li, Guo‐ran, Feng Wang, Qi‐wei Jiang, Xue‐ping Gao, and Pan‐wen
Shen. "Carbon Nanotubes with Titanium Nitride as a Low‐Cost Counter‐
Electrode Material for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells." Angewandte Chemie
International Edition 49, no. 21 (2010): 3653-3656.
[22] Wu, Xuanzhi. "High-efficiency polycrystalline CdTe thin-film solar
cells." Solar energy 77, no. 6 (2004): 803-814.
[23] Sun, Shi, Hongmei Liu, Yuping Gao, Donghuan Qin, and Junwu Chen.
"Controlled synthesis of CdTe nanocrystals for high performance
Schottky thin film solar cells." Journal of Materials Chemistry 22, no.
36 (2012): 19207-19212.
[24] Kuo, Shou-Yi, Ming-Yang Hsieh, Fang-I. Lai, Yu-Kuang Liao, Ming-
Hsuan Kao, and Hao-Chung Kuo. "Modeling and optimization of subwavelength
grating nanostructures on Cu (In, Ga) Se2 solar
cell." Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 51, no. 10S (2012): 10NC14.
[25] Rani, Seema, Poonam Suri, P. K. Shishodia, and R. M. Mehra.
"Synthesis of nanocrystalline ZnO powder via sol–gel route for dyesensitized
solar cells." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 92, no.
12 (2008): 1639-1645.
[26] Fan, Jiajie; Li, Zhenzhen; Zhou, Wenyuan; Miao, Yucong; Zhang,
Yaojia; Hu, Junhua; and Shao, Guosheng “Dye-sensitized solar cells
based on TiO2 nanoparticles/nanobelts double-layered film with
improved photovoltaic performance” Applied Surface Science 319
(2014): 75-82.
[27] Dong, Hua, Zhaoxin Wu, Yucui Gao, Ahmed El-Shafei, Bo Jiao, Yang
Dai, and Xun Hou. "A nanostructure-based counter electrode for dyesensitized
solar cells by assembly of silver nanoparticles." Organic
Electronics 15, no. 7 (2014): 1641-1649.
[28] Kwak, Woo-Chul, Sung-Hwan Han, Tae Geun Kim, and Yun-Mo Sung.
"Electrode position of Cu (In, Ga) Se2 crystals on high-density CdS
nanowire arrays for photovoltaic applications." Crystal Growth &
Design 10, no. 12 (2010): 5297-5301.
[29] Chu, Van Ben, Jin Woo Cho, Se Jin Park, Yun Jeong Hwang, Hoo Keun
Park, Young Rag Do, and Byoung Koun Min. "Fabrication of solution
processed 3D nanostructured CuInGaS2 thin film solar cells."
Nanotechnology 25, no. 12 (2014): 125401.
[30] Chen, Lin-Jer, and Yu-Ju Chuang. "Directly electro spinning growth of
single crystal Cu2ZnSnS4 nanowires film for high performance thin film
solar cell." Journal of Power Sources 241 (2013): 259-265.
[31] Rao, A. Ranga, and V. Dutta. "Achievement of 4.7% conversion
efficiency in ZnO dye-sensitized solar cells fabricated by spray deposition using hydrothermally synthesized nanoparticles."
Nanotechnology 19, no. 44 (2008): 445712.
[32] Jiu, Jinting, Seiji Isoda, Fumin Wang, and Motonari Adachi. "Dyesensitized
solar cells based on a single-crystalline TiO2 nanorod film."
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 110, no. 5 (2006): 2087-2092.
[33] Barnes, T. M., X. Wu, J. Zhou, A. Duda, J. Van de Lagemaat, T. J.
Coutts, C. L. Weeks, D. A. Britz, and P. Glatkowski. "Single-wall
carbon nanotube networks as a transparent back contact in CdTe solar
cells." Applied Physics Letters 90, no. 24 (2007): 243503.
[34] Yen, Chuan-Yu, Yu-Feng Lin, Shu-Hang Liao, Cheng-Chih Weng,
Ching-Chun Huang, Yi-Hsiu Hsiao, Chen-Chi M. Ma et al. "Preparation
and properties of a carbon nanotube-based nanocomposite photoanode
for dye-sensitized solar cells." Nanotechnology 19, no. 37 (2008):
375305.
[35] Hyeoká Park, Jong, and Man GuáKang. "Growth, detachment and
transfer of highly-ordered TiO 2 nanotube arrays: use in dye-sensitized
solar cells." Chemical Communications 25 (2008): 2867-2869.
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various applications including the solar cells devices due to the
uniqueness and benefits of achieving low cost and better
performances of devices. Recently, thin film solar cells such as
Cadmium Telluride (CdTe), Copper-Indium-Gallium-diSelenide
(CIGS), Copper-Zinc-Tin-Sulphide (CZTS), and Dye-Sensitized
Solar Cells (DSSC) enhanced by nanotechnology have attracted
much attention. Thus, a compilation of nanotechnology devices
giving the progress in the solar cells has been presented. It is much
related to nanoparticles or nanocrystallines, carbon nanotubes, and
nanowires or nanorods structures.", keywords = "Nanotechnology, nanocrystalline, nanowires, carbon
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