LMGP - Recherche Equipe Funsurf

n-type TCOs

Objectives

Growth and characterization of physical properties of transparent and conductive FTO layers and development of new concepts based on these layers.

Non permanent staff
  • Shanting Zhang (PhD student)
  • Viet-Huong Nguyen (PhD student)
  • Thomas Cossuet (PhD student)
  • Getnet Kacha Deyu (PhD student)
  • Soraya Lahkdar (PhD student)
  • César Masse de la Huerta (PhD student)
Collaborations
  • Université de Nantes (France), Dr. Y. Pellerin
  • University of Darmstadt (Germany), Dr. A. Klein
  • CEA-LETI
  • ALEDIA
  • INES (CEA-Liten), Dr. D. Muñoz
  • Tyndall Institute (Cork, Ireland), Mircea Modreanu

Highlight

The growth, structural, electrical and optical properties of FTO thin layers are thoroughly investigated within the team. FTO layers with physical properties at the-state-of-the-art can be grown with size larger than 100 cm2. The carrier mobility and crystallographic texture have thoroughly been investigated [1,3]. We also demonstrated that novel hazy ZnO-SnO2:F nanocomposite films can be fabricated via a simple two-step process. In this approach, polycrystalline FTO thin films are grown by atmospheric spray-pyrolysis on previously spin-coated made 3D substrates, featuring randomly distributed ZnO nanoparticle aggregates. By changing the initial spin-coated solution concentration, light scattering efficiency can be readily modulated over a large range of Haze factor. Our nano-composite thin films demonstrate excellent electro-optical properties compatible with energy applications by using low-cost and simple growth methods.

     
Schematic illustration of the two-step process related to the fabrication of the ZnO-SnO2:F nanocomposite thin film
(from Giusti et al,
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2014.

Main publications

S. Zhang, Shan-Ting, M. Foldyna, H. Roussel, V. Consonni, E. Pernot, L . Schmidt-Mende, L. Rapenne, C. Jimenez, J.L. Deschanvres, D. Munoz-Rojas, D. Bellet.
Tuning the properties of F:SnO2 (FTO) nanocomposites with S:TiO2 nanoparticles - promising hazy transparent electrodes for photovoltaics applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 5 (1) 91-102 (2017)


G. Giusti, V. Consonni, E. Puyoo, D. Bellet,
High Performance ZnO-SnO2:F nanocomposite transparent electrodes for energy applications, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 6 (2014) 14096-14107.

Szkutnik, P. D., H. Roussel, V. Lahootun, X. Mescot, F. Weiss and C. Jiménez,
Study of the Functional Properties of ITO grown by Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition from different Indium and Tin PrecursorsJournal of Alloys and Compounds 604:(2014) 268–273. 

V. Consonni, G. Rey, H. Roussel, B. Doisneau, E. Blanquet, D. Bellet
Preferential orientation of fluorine-doped SnO2 thin films: the effects of growth temperature, Acta Materiala 61 (2013) 22-31

A. Muthukumar, G. Giusti, M. Jouvert, V. Consonni, D. Bellet
Fluorine-doped SnO2 thin films deposited on polymer substrate for flexible transparent electrodes, Thin Solid Films 545 (2013) 302–309