Name: integration of light trapping silver nanostructures in hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon solar cells by transfer printing
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The authors thank New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) under Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), Japan, for the financial support.

1. Fremstilling af PDMS stempler <ol><li> Angiv en nanohole form (nanoimprinted cyclo olefinpolymer plastfolie, størrelse: 50 mm x 50 mm) i en polytetrafluorethylen (PTFE) beholder. </li><li> Vinylmethylsiloxan-dimethylsiloxan-copolymer (0,76 g for 50 mm x 50 mm mug) i en engangs glasflaske vejes, og bland det med Pt-divinyltetramethyldisiloxan-kompleks (6 pi, ved anvendelse af en digital mikro-pipette med en engangsspids polypropylen) og 2,4, 6,8-tetramethyltetra-vinylcyclotetrasiloxane (24 pi, ved hjælp af en digi...

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I denne artikel, var en dobbelt-lag hårdt / bløde PDMS komposit ansat som stempel materialer. 27 Denne kombination viste sig at være afgørende for præcist replikere den forælder nanostruktur i formen, som var en hexagonalt tætpakket rundt hul matrix, hvis diameter 230 nm, dybde på 500 nm, og hullet center-til-center på 460 nm. Når kun bløde PDMS blev anvendt, stempel altid resulterede i et dårligt nanostrukturerede overflade (for eksempel ingen skarpe kant i den omvendte søjlestrukturen) på grun...

Der har været et mangeårigt krav om anvendelse af funktionelle nanostrukturer i en bred vifte af teknologiske område. En af forventningerne til denne tendens er at åbne nye design af enhedens arkitekturer, der fører til forbedrede eller nyskabende forestillinger. På området for solceller, for eksempel anvendelse af metal nanostrukturer har været aktivt undersøgt på grund af deres spændende optiske (dvs. plasmoniske) egenskaber, 1 potentielt gavnlig til at konstruere effektive lys fældefangst systemer. 2,3 Faktisk er nogle teoretiske studier 4 -6 har foreslået, at sådanne plasmoniske lys fældefangst kunne opnå effekter overstiger de konventionelle ray optik (texturering) -baseret lys fældefangst grænse. 7 Som et resultat, udvikle strategier til at integrere de ønskede metal nanostrukturer med solceller er blevet stadig vigtigere for at realisere disse teoretiske forudsigelser. En række strategier harblevet foreslået for at imødekomme denne udfordring. 8-24 Disse omfatter for eksempel, enkel (billig) termisk udglødning af metal-film 8,9 eller dispersion af præ-syntetiseret metal nanopartikler, 10,11 som begge resulterede i vellykkede demonstrationer af plasmoniske lys trapping. Dog skal det påpeges, at metal nanostrukturer fremstillet ved disse fremgangsmåder normalt er udfordrende at matche de teoretiske modeller. I modsætning hertil traditionelle nano-fabrikationsteknikker i halvlederindustrien, såsom fotolitografi og elektronstrålelitografi, 12,13 kan styre strukturer godt stykke under den sub-100 nm plan, men de er ofte for dyre og tidskrævende at gælde for solceller, hvor stort areal kapacitet med lave omkostninger er afgørende. For at opfylde de lave omkostninger, højt gennemløb, og store arealkrav med nanoskala styrbarhed, metoder såsom nanoimprint litografi, 14-16 blød litografi, 17,18 </sup&gt; Nanosfære litografi, 19-21 og hole-maske kolloid litografi 22-24 ville være lovende. Blandt disse valg, har vi udviklet en blød litografisk, avanceret overførsel trykning teknik. 25 Brug en nanostruktureret poly (dimethylsiloxan) (PDMS) frimærker og blokcopolymer-baserede klæbende lag, kunne mønster af bestilte metal nanostrukturer let opnås på en række teknologisk relevante materialer, herunder dem for solceller. Fokus i denne artikel er at beskrive den detaljerede procedure for vores overførsel trykning tilgang til at indarbejde effektive lys fældefangst plasmoniske nanostrukturer i de eksisterende solcelle strukturer. Som demonstrative tilfælde Ag nanodisks og tyndfilm hydrogeneret mikrokrystallinsk Si (pC-Si: H) solceller blev udvalgt i denne undersøgelse (figur 1), 26, selv om andre typer af metaller og solceller er forenelige med denne fremgangsmåde. Sammen med sin procesenkelhed, ville tilgangen være af interesse for forskellige forskere som et praktisk værktøj til at integrere funktionelle metal nanostrukturer med enheder.

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			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:216px;">Nanohole mold</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">Scivax 
			http://www.scivax.com</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">FLH230/500-120</td>
			<td style="width:319px;"></td>
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			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:216px;">PTFE container</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">Eishin 
			http://www.colbyeishin.com</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">n/a</td>
			<td style="width:319px;">Custom made</td>
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			<td height="63" rowspan="3" style="height:63px;width:216px;">Hard-PDMS materials</td>
			<td rowspan="3" style="width:200px;">Gelest 
			http://www.gelest.com/gelest/forms/Home/home.aspx</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">VDT-731</td>
			<td>Vinylmethylsiloxane-dimethylsiloxane copolymer</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:129px;">SIP6831.1</td>
			<td>Pt-divinyltetramethyldisiloxane complex</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:129px;">HMS-301</td>
			<td>Methylhydrosiloxane-dimethylsiloxane copolymer</td>
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			<td height="63" style="height:63px;width:216px;">2,4,6,8-tetramethyltetra-vinylcyclotetrasiloxane</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">Sigma-Aldrich 
			http://www.sigmaaldrich.com</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">396281</td>
			<td>Additive for hard-PDMS</td>
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			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:216px;">Soft-PDMS materials</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">Dow Corning 
			http://www.dowcorning.com</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">Sylgard-184</td>
			<td>Silicone precursor</td>
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			<td height="42" style="height:42px;">PS-b-P2VP</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">Polymer Source 
			http://polymersource.com</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">P5742-S2VP</td>
			<td>Mn &#215; 103 = 133-b-132</td>
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			<td height="63" style="height:63px;width:216px;">Glass/SnO2:F substrates</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. 
			http://www.agc.com/english/company</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">Type VU</td>
			<td style="width:319px;">Chemical mechanical polished by D-process Inc. (http://d-process.jp/index.html) to flatten the surfaces</td>
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			<td height="63" style="height:63px;width:216px;">Detergent</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">Fruuchi Chemical Co. 
			http://www.furuchi.co.jp/eng/main.htm</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">Semico-clean 56</td>
			<td style="width:319px;">Used for the cleaning of Glass/SnO2:F substrates</td>
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			<td height="63" style="height:63px;width:216px;">ZnO:Ga supputtering target</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">AGC Ceramics Co. Ltd. 
			http://www.agcc.jp/2005/en/index.html</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">5.7GZO</td>
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			<td height="63" style="height:63px;width:216px;">Ag supputtering target</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">Mitsubishi Materials Co. 
			http://www.mitsubishicarbide.com/mmc/en/index.html</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">4NAg</td>
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			<td height="84" style="height:84px;width:216px;">Double-sided adhesive tape</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">Nisshin EM Co. 
			http://nisshin-em.co.jp/information/carbontape.html</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">732</td>
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			<td height="120" style="height:120px;width:216px;">Polyimide tape</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">Dupont 
			http://www.dupont.com/products-and-services/membranes-films/polyimide-films/brands/kapton-polyimide-film.html</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">Kapton 650S#25</td>
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			<td height="84" style="height:84px;width:216px;">Sn-Zn-based Solder</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">Kuroda Techno Co., Ltd. 
			http://www.kuroda-techno.com/english/index.html</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">Cerasolzer AL-200</td>
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			<td height="84" style="height:84px;width:216px;">Digital micro pipette</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">Nichiryo 
			http://www.nichiryo.co.jp/en/product/pipette/ex/index.html</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">00-NPX2-20 
			00-NPX2-200 
			00-NPX2-1000</td>
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			<td height="63" style="height:63px;width:216px;">Heating chamber</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">Tokyo Rikakikai Co., Ltd. 
			http://www.eyelaworld.com/product_view.php?id=120</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">VOS-201SD</td>
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			<td height="126" rowspan="2" style="height:126px;width:216px;">Electron beam evaporator 
			(two types)</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">Canon-Anelva 
			https://www.canon-anelva.co.jp/english/index.html</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">n/a</td>
			<td style="width:319px;">Custom made</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="42">
			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:200px;">Arios 
			http://arios.com/</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">n/a</td>
			<td>Custom made</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="42">
			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:216px;">Sputtering system</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">Ulvac 
			http://www.ulvac.co.jp/en</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">SBR-2306</td>
			<td style="width:319px;"></td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="63">
			<td height="63" style="height:63px;width:216px;">PECVD system&#160;</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">Shimadzu Emit Co. Ltd. 
			http://www.shimadzu.co.jp/emit/en/</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">SLCM-13</td>
			<td style="width:319px;"></td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="63">
			<td height="63" style="height:63px;width:216px;">Ar plasma system&#160;</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">Diner Electric Gmbh 
			http://www.plasma.de/index.html</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">Femto&#160;</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="42">
			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:216px;">RIE system</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">Samco Inc. 
			http://www.samcointl.com</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">RIE-10NR</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="63">
			<td height="63" style="height:63px;width:216px;">Ultrasonic soldering device</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">Colby-Eishin Enterprises, Inc. 
			http://www.colbyeishin.com/sub_sunbonder.htm</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">SUNBONDER</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:216px;">EQE measurement system</td>
			<td rowspan="3" style="width:200px;">Bunkoukeiki Co. Ltd. 
			http://www.bunkoukeiki.co.jp/</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">CEP-25BXS</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="42">
			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:216px;">J-V characteristics measurement system</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">OTENTOSUN-5S-I/V</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:216px;">Amorphous Si reference cell</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">WPVS-NPB-S1</td>
			<td>For light intensity calibration</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="42">
			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:216px;">Digital multi-meter</td>
			<td style="width:200px;">Keithley Instruments Inc. 
			http://www.keithley.com/</td>
			<td style="width:129px;">2400</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

integration of light trapping silver nanostructures in hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon solar cells by transfer printing

One of the potential applications of metal nanostructures is light trapping in solar cells, where unique optical properties of nanosized metals, commonly known as plasmonic effects, play an important role. Research in this field has, however, been impeded owing to the difficulty of fabricating devices containing the desired functional metal nanostructures. In order to provide a viable strategy to this issue, we herein show a transfer printing-based approach that allows the quick and low-cost integration of designed metal nanostructures with a variety of device architectures, including solar cells. Nanopillar poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) stamps were fabricated from a commercially available nanohole plastic film as a master mold. On this nanopatterned PDMS stamps, Ag films were deposited, which were then transfer-printed onto block copolymer (binding layer)-coated hydrogenated microcrystalline Si (&#181;c-Si:H) surface to afford ordered Ag nanodisk structures. It was confirmed that the resulting Ag nanodisk-incorporated &#181;c-Si:H solar cells show higher performances compared to a cell without the transfer-printed Ag nanodisks, thanks to plasmonic light trapping effect derived from the Ag nanodisks. Because of the simplicity and versatility, further device application would also be feasible thorough this approach.

Figur 2 skitserer den generelle fremgangsmåde til overførsel trykning af Ag nanodisks på overfladen af pC-Si: H (n lag). Kort fortalt, en Ag film (tykkelse: 10-80 nm) først deponeres på overfladen af ​​en nanopillar PDMS stempel med elektronstråle fordampning. Parallelt hermed en PS b -P2VP løsning er spin-belagt på overfladen af en frisk tilberedt pC-Si: H n lag. Efterfølgende en dråbe EtOH placeret på PS b -P2VP-overflade, og Ag-deponeret PDMS stempel...

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Integration of Light Trapping Silver Nanostructures in Hydrogenated Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells by Transfer Printing

A viable transfer printing-based methodology to introduce plasmonic metal nanostructures in solar cells is described. Using nanopillar poly(dimethylsiloxane) stamps, an Ag-based ordered nanodisk array was integrated with standard hydrogenated microcrystalline Si solar cells, which led to improved device performances due to plasmonic light trapping.

Integration af Light fældefangst Sølv Nanostrukturer i hydrogeneret Mikrokrystallinsk silicium solceller ved Transfer Printing

One of the potential applications of metal nanostructures is light trapping in solar cells, where unique optical properties of nanosized metals, commonly ...

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Polycrystalline Silicon Thin-film Solar cells with Plasmonic-enhanced Light-trapping

Polykrystallinske silicium tynd-film solceller med plasmoniske-enhanced Light-trapping

One of major approaches to cheaper solar cells is reducing the amount of semiconductor material used for their fabrication and making cells thinner. To ...

A Method to Fabricate Disconnected Silver Nanostructures in 3D

En metode til at fabrikere Afbrudt Sølv Nanostrukturer i 3D

The standard nanofabrication toolkit includes  techniques primarily aimed at creating 2D patterns in dielectric media. Creating  metal patterns on a ...

Making Record-efficiency SnS Solar Cells by Thermal Evaporation and Atomic Layer Deposition

Gør Record-effektivitet SnS Solceller ved Termisk fordampning og Atomic Layer Deposition

Tin sulfide (SnS) is a candidate absorber material for Earth-abundant, non-toxic solar cells. SnS offers easy phase control and rapid growth by congruent ...

Selective Area Modification of Silicon Surface Wettability by Pulsed UV Laser Irradiation in Liquid Environment

Selektiv Area Ændring af Silicon overfladebefugtelighed af Pulsed UV laser Bestråling i Liquid Miljø

The wettability of silicon (Si) is one of the important parameters in the technology of surface functionalization of this material and fabrication of ...

Light Enhanced Hydrofluoric Acid Passivation: A Sensitive Technique for Detecting Bulk Silicon Defects

Lys Enhanced Flussyre Acid Passivering: En følsom teknik til påvisning af Bulk Silicon Fejl

A procedure to measure the bulk lifetime (&#62;100 &#181;sec) of silicon wafers by temporarily attaining a very high level of surface passivation when ...

Printing Fabrication of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells and In Situ Morphology Characterization

Printing Fabrication of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells and In Situ Morphology Characterization

Udskrivning Fabrikation af Bulk heterojunction solceller og<em&gt; In Situ</em&gt; Morfologi Karakterisering

Polymer-based materials hold promise as low-cost, flexible efficient photovoltaic devices. Most laboratory efforts to achieve high performance devices ...

Digital Printing of Titanium Dioxide for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

Digital udskrivning af titandioxid for Dye sensibiliserede solceller

Silicon solar cell manufacturing is an expensive and high energy consuming process. In contrast, dye sensitized solar cell production is less ...

Monovalent Cation Doping of CH3NH3PbI3 for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

Monovalent Cation Doping of CH3NH3PbI3 for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

Monovalent kation doping af CH<sub&gt; 3</sub&gt; NH<sub&gt; 3</sub&gt; PBI<sub&gt; 3</sub&gt; Til Effektive Perovskite solceller

Here, we demonstrate the incorporation of monovalent cation additives into CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite in order to adjust the optical, excitonic, and electrical ...

Challenges in Rheological Characterization of Highly Concentrated Suspensions &#8212; A Case Study for Screen-printing Silver Pastes

Udfordringer i Rheologisk Karakterisering af stærkt koncentrerede Karantæner - et casestudie til silketryk Silver Indsætter

A comprehensive rheological characterization of highly concentrated suspensions or pastes is mandatory for a targeted product development meeting the ...

In Situ Monitoring of the Accelerated Performance Degradation of Solar Cells and Modules: A Case Study for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells

In Situ Monitoring of the Accelerated Performance Degradation of Solar Cells and Modules: A Case Study for CuIn,GaSe2 Solar Cells

In Situ Overvågning af accelereret ydeevne nedbrydning af solceller og moduler: en Case Study for Cu (i, Ga) Se2 solceller

The levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of photovoltaic (PV) systems is determined by, among other factors, the PV module reliability. Better prediction ...