Performance analysis of synthesized ZnO nanoparticles coated photovoltaic cell

B. Kirthika; Sankar Sekar; S. Saravanan; N. Shivasankaran; A. V. Balan; M. Kalirajan

doi:10.1016/j.matpr.2019.06.647

Performance analysis of synthesized ZnO nanoparticles coated photovoltaic cell

B. Kirthika, Sankar Sekar, S. Saravanan, N. Shivasankaran, A. V. Balan, M. Kalirajan

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Renewable energy is a source of clean, unlimited, and increasing competitive energy. In this work, the Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles are synthesized by sol-gel techniques. ZnO nanoparticles were characterized by scanning electron microscope with EDAX and UV spectra. SEM image shows the spherical nanoparticles with a mean grain size of ~110 nm. The ZnO nanoparticles were coated on the surface of the photovoltaic cell by using dip and RF sputtering techniques, respectively. The coating over the photovoltaic cell increases the efficiency of the photovoltaic cell of about 3.7% and 22% respectively.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	511-513
Number of pages	3
Journal	Materials Today: Proceedings
Volume	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2019.06.647
State	Published - 2020
Event	2019 International Conference on Recent Trends in Nanomaterials for Energy, Environmental and Engineering Applications, ICONEEEA 2019 - Tiruchirappalli, India Duration: 14 Mar 2019 → 15 Mar 2019

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Anti-reflective layer
Efficiency
Nano particles
Solar cell
ZnO

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