Effects of temperature and r.f. power sputtering on electrical and optical properties of SnO2

Saad Hamzaoui and Mohamed Adnane

Applied Energy, 2000, vol. 65, issue 1-4, 19-28

Abstract: Electrical and optical properties of SnO2, which is a photovoltaic material for solar energy conversion to electricity, have been investigated. Semi-conducting SnO2 has been grown by r.f. sputtering.We report the influence of process variables, such as substrate temperature and r.f. power. The film resistivity decreases with increasing temperature, but rises with increasing r.f. power: these can be related to crystallite size and the film orientation respectively. From the optical measurements, we deduce a variation of band-gap energy with substrate temperature. We show that the substrate temperature has a subsequent influence on the electrical and optical properties of this material.

Date: 2000
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306-2619(99)00045-8
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:appene:v:65:y:2000:i:1-4:p:19-28

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/405891/bibliographic
http://www.elsevier. ... 405891/bibliographic

Access Statistics for this article

Applied Energy is currently edited by J. Yan

More articles in Applied Energy from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().