Optical, Morphological and Electrical Properties of Silver and Aluminium Metallization Contacts for Solar Cells

Zakia Fekkai; Nazir Mustapha; Ali Hennache

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Optical, Morphological and Electrical Properties of Silver and Aluminium Metallization Contacts for Solar Cells

Zakia Fekkai, Nazir Mustapha, Ali Hennache

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Abstract

A lower resistivity and better spectra selectivity is a measurement of the quality and potential use of silver Ag and aluminium Al metals for the application as metallization contacts for solar cells. Aluminium (Al) and silver (Ag) thin films deposited by thermal evaporation at room temperature were dense with small grain sizes, and maintained a high value of reflectance (in the spectral range from 300 to 3200 nm) with annealing at 300 °C in an argon atmosphere. Experimental results indicate that the surface roughness is increased while the film’s resistivities are reduced. It was also found that the surface roughness and work function of metal films are very important to enhance the stability and efficiency of electrode thin films used for solar cells.

DOI	10.11648/j.ajmp.20140302.13
Published in	American Journal of Modern Physics (Volume 3, Issue 2, March 2014)
Page(s)	45-50
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Metal Thin Films, Thermal Evaporation, Optical Coatings, Physical Interfaces, Solar Cell Electrodes

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Zakia Fekkai

Department of Physics, College of Sciences, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nazir Mustapha

Department of Physics, College of Sciences, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ali Hennache

Department of Physics, College of Sciences, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Zakia Fekkai, Nazir Mustapha, Ali Hennache. Optical, Morphological and Electrical Properties of Silver and Aluminium Metallization Contacts for Solar Cells. Am J Mod Phys. 2014;3(2):45-50. doi: 10.11648/j.ajmp.20140302.13

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