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Hybrid photonic-plasmonic electro-optic modulator for optical ring network-on-chip
摘要： One of the most essential components in an optical network-on-chip (ONoC) is the electro-optic modulator. Mach-Zehnder and micro-ring resonator electro-optic modulators are widely used in ONoC, and conventional silicon-based modulators have large footprints and low modulation rates and lack thermal stability. In this paper, a new electro-optic modulator based on surface plasmon polariton (SPP) is proposed, and indium tin oxide (ITO) is utilized as a conducting transparent oxide (TCO) material in the electro-optic modulator. The modulated optical signal is suitable for ONoC with architectures such as optical ring network-on-chip (ORNoC). When the wavelength is 1550 nm, the average coupling efficiency is over 70%, the extinction ratio of the electro-optic modulator is -14.1 dB, and the insertion loss is 2.1 dB. In addition, the size of the modulator is less than 8.50 μm×1.6 μm, and the modulation operating bandwidth is up to 0.7171 Tbit/S. When the wave division multiplex (WDM) mode is used, the operating bandwidth is up to 2.1 Tbit/S, and the energy consumption per bit (E) is 5.7211 fJ/bit. All of the above results were obtained from 3D-FDTD Simulation Software and MATLAB.
关键词： electro-optic modulator,ORNoC,optical network-on-chip,transparent conductive oxide,surface plasmon polaritons
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Sputtered indium tin oxide as a recombination layer formed on the tunnel oxide/poly-Si passivating contact enabling the potential of efficient monolithic perovskite/Si tandem solar cells
摘要： We focus on utilizing sputtered indium tin oxide (ITO) as a recombination layer, having low junction damage to an n-type silicon solar cell with a front-side tunnel oxide passivating electron contact, thereby enabling the development of a high efficiency monolithic perovskite/Si tandem device. High transparency and low resistivity ITO films are deposited via low power DC magnetron sputtering at room temperature onto a front-side thin SiOx/n+ poly-Si contact in a complete Cz n-Si cell with a back-side Al2O3/SiNx passivating boron-diffused p+ emitter on a random pyramid textured surface. We report the cell characteristics before and after ITO sputtering, and we find a cure at 250 °C in air is highly effective at mitigating any sputtering induced damage. Our ITO coated sample resulted in an implied open-circuit voltage (iVoc) of 684.7 ± 11.3 mV with the total saturation current density of 49.2 ± 14.8 fA/cm2, an implied fill factor (iFF) of 81.9 ± 0.8%, and a contact resistivity in the range of 60 mΩ-cm2 to 90 mΩ-cm2. After formation of a local Ag contact to the rear emitter and sputtered ITO film as the front-side contact without grid fingers, the pseudo-efficiency of 20.2 ± 0.5% was obtained with the Voc of 670.4 ± 7 mV and pseudo FF of 77.3 ± 1.3% under simulated one sun with the calculated short-circuit current density of 30.9 mA/cm2 from the measured external quantum efficiency. Our modelling result shows that efficiency exceeding 25% under one sun is practically achievable in perovskite/Si tandem configuration using the ITO recombination layer connecting a perovskite top cell and a poly-Si bottom cell.
关键词： Tandem solar cell,Transparent conductive oxide,Polycrystalline silicon,Passivating contacts,Perovskite,TOPCon
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Highly transparent and conductive oxide-metal-oxide electrodes optimized at the percolation thickness of AgOx for transparent silicon thin-film solar cells
摘要： Highly transparent and conductive oxide-metal-oxide (OMO) electrodes comprising aluminum-doped zinc-oxide (AZO) and ultrathin Ag or oxygen (O2)-doped Ag (AgOx) metal layers were fabricated for use in thin-film silicon solar cells. The surface morphologies of the metal layers and the transparencies and conductivities of OMO electrodes were investigated near the percolation thickness values of the metal layers. The percolation metal thickness, which means the metal layer is morphologically continuous, could be used to optimize the transparent OMO electrode. Additionally, thin Ag-based OMO (AgOx OMO) with superior performance could be fabricated by adding O2. The optimized AgOx OMO electrodes yielded the highest average transmittance (Tavg) of 93.5% and the lowest average optical loss (OLavg) of 1.01% within 500–800 nm at the percolation thickness of ~6 nm, thus, maintaining low conductivity. These outcomes were superior to the responses of the percolated Ag OMO (Tavg = 87.2%; OLavg = 1.01%). Using the OMO structure at the rear electrode, transparent hydrogenated amorphous silicon thin-film solar was fabricated for building integrated photovoltaic windows. The best figure-of-merit (FOM; equal to the product of Tavg and efficiency η) values of the OMO-based transparent solar cells could be obtained for percolated OMO structures. The cells using AgOx OMO (AgOx cells) performed better than the Ag cells; the best FOMs of AgOx and Ag cells were 140.8 (Tavg = 27.8%; η = 5.51%) and 104.6% (Tavg = 18.9%; η = 5.54%), respectively. These results could contribute to the development of high-performance transparent solar cells or optoelectronic devices.
关键词： Oxygen-doped silver,Oxide/metal/oxide,Transparent conductive electrode,Transparent solar cell,Thin-film silicon solar cell
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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[IEEE 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) - Munich, Germany (2019.6.23-2019.6.27)] 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) - Raman Response Induces Moving Cavity Solitons in Optical Resonators
摘要： Transient interactions on conductive dielectric scatterers are analyzed by solving the Poggio–Miller–Chan–Harrington–Wu–Tsai (PMCHWT) surface integral equation with a marching on-in-time (MOT) scheme. The proposed scheme, unlike the previously developed ones, permits the analysis on scatterers with multiple volumes of different conductivity. This is achieved by maintaining an extra temporal convolution that only depends on permittivity and conductivity of these volumes. Its discretization and computation come at almost no additional cost and do not change the computational complexity of the resulting MOT solver. Accuracy and applicability of the MOT-PMCHWT solver are demonstrated by numerical examples.
关键词： transient analysis,lossy media,PMCHWT formulation,time-domain analysis,dissipative media,Conductive media,marching-on-in-time method,integral equations
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Review of Rear Emitter Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells
摘要： This inclusive study provides detailed information regarding the evolution of rear emitter silicon heterojunction solar cells. Silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells of a p-type on the rear side have garnered increasing attention for various reasons. First, owing to a limitation of the p-type hydrogenated amorphous silicon layer, further optimization relative to an n-type cannot be achieved, and an accumulation of electrons at the front side allows utilizing an n-type wafer to affirm a lateral current transport. Second, better thin n-type nanocrystalline silicon (oxide) contact layers compared to p-type wafers are grown, and allow greater freedom in the structural design. The optical properties of the front side’s transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer can be emphasized owing to a lateral transport on the cells, and majority of the carriers are affirmed through a Si substrate. In the instance of a rear emitter, the TCO layer is in relief to an adjustment inhibiting the contact resistance between TCO/a-Si:H(p). The fabrication was done in such a manner of SHJ rear emitter solar cells that they achieve greater optimization and overall efficiency of 23.46%.
关键词： Heterojunction solar cell,Lateral transport,Rear emitter,Transparent conductive oxide
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Structure-dependent performance of single-walled carbon nanotube films in transparent and conductive applications
摘要： We investigate a complex relationship between structural parameters of single-walled carbon nanotubes (namely, mean length, diameter, and defectiveness) and optoelectrical properties (equivalent sheet resistance) of thin films composed of the nanotubes. We obtained a systematic dataset describing the influence of CO2 concentration and growth temperature. On the basis of the experimental results, we prove the high Raman peak ratio (IG/ID), length, and diameter of the nanotubes to decrease the equivalent sheet resistance of the nanotube-based film. The approach employed highlights the change in the nanotube growth mechanism at the temperature coinciding with the phase transition between α-Fe and γ-Fe catalyst phases. We believe this work to be of high interest for researchers working not only in the field of transparent and conductive films based on nanocarbons, but also for those who reveals the fundamentals of the nanotube growth mechanism.
关键词： aerosol CVD,nanotube growth mechanism,optoelectronic properties,transparent conductive films,single-walled carbon nanotubes
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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[IEEE 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) - Munich, Germany (2019.6.23-2019.6.27)] 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) - Probabilistic Shaping and its Applications for Optical Communications
摘要： Transient interactions on conductive dielectric scatterers are analyzed by solving the Poggio–Miller–Chan–Harrington–Wu–Tsai (PMCHWT) surface integral equation with a marching on-in-time (MOT) scheme. The proposed scheme, unlike the previously developed ones, permits the analysis on scatterers with multiple volumes of different conductivity. This is achieved by maintaining an extra temporal convolution that only depends on permittivity and conductivity of these volumes. Its discretization and computation come at almost no additional cost and do not change the computational complexity of the resulting MOT solver. Accuracy and applicability of the MOT-PMCHWT solver are demonstrated by numerical examples.
关键词： transient analysis,lossy media,PMCHWT formulation,time-domain analysis,dissipative media,Conductive media,marching-on-in-time method,integral equations
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Innovative wide-spectrum MGZO transparent conductive films grown via reactive plasma deposition for Si hetero-junction solar cells
摘要： In this work, wide-spectrum Mg- and Ga co-doped ZnO (MGZO) transparent conductive films are developed via reactive plasma deposition (RPD) technique with soft thin-film growth process. MGZO film with a work function of ~4.36 eV can be achieved within 12 min without any intentional substrate-heating treatment. 480nm-thickness MGZO film exhibits a low resistivity of ~9.9x10-4 Ωcm and a high transmittance of ~82.6% in the UV-VIS-NIR region (λ approximately 400 nm-1200 nm). XRD spectra show that MGZO films exhibit (103) preferred orientation as the film thickness increases. A silicon hetero-junction (SHJ) solar cell based on 480nm-thick MGZO at the front side is completed. Excellent continuity of MGZO film is proven by the cross-sectional SEM images and there are no cracks and pinholes on the top and bottom of the c-Si pyramids. Further efficiency improvements are achieved using an ultra-thin SnOx buffer layer with an ameliorated p-a-Si:H/TCO interface. Also, a silicon hetero-junction (SHJ) solar cell using MGZO films on both sides is achieved with a conversion efficiency of 19.02%. These experimental results demonstrate that low-cost RPD-grown MGZO TCO materials could be commercially appropriate replacements for the conventional In2O3-based materials commonly used in SHJ solar cells and other optoelectronic devices.
关键词： Mg and Ga co-doping,Solar cells,Si heterojunction (SHJ),ZnO films,Transparent conductive oxides (TCO),Reactive plasma deposition (RPD)
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Emerging Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy for Metal Halide Perovskite Materials and Solar Cells
摘要： Metal halide perovskite materials, benefiting from a combination of outstanding optoelectronic properties and low-cost solution-preparation processes, show tremendous potential for optoelectronics and photovoltaics. However, the nanoscale inhomogeneities of the electronic properties of perovskite materials cause a number of difficulties, such as recombination, stability, and hysteresis, all of which seriously restrict device performance. Scanning probe microscopy, as a high-resolution imaging technique, has been widely used to connect local properties and micro-area morphologies to overall device performance. Conductive atomic force microscopy (C-AFM) can realize a real-space visualization of topography coupled with optoelectronic properties on a microscopic scale and thereby is uniquely suited to probe the local effects of perovskite materials and devices. The fundamental principles, alternative operation modes, and development of C-AFM are comprehensively reviewed, and applications in perovskite solar cells (PSCs) for electronic transport behavior, ion migration and hysteresis, ferroelectric polarization, and facet orientation investigation are discussed. A comprehensive understanding and summary of up-to-date applications in PSCs is beneficial to further fully exploit the potential of such an emerging technique, so as to provide a novel and effective approach for perovskite materials analysis.
关键词： ferroelectricity,perovskite solar cells,conductive atomic force microscopy,ion migration,perovskite materials,electronic transport behavior
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Highly conductive PEDOT:PSS electrode obtained via post-treatment with alcoholic solvent for ITO-free organic solar cells
摘要： We demonstrated a simple and effective processing protocol to improve the electrical conductivity of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) films via post-treatment with an alcohol-based solvent, 2-chloroethanol (2-CE), and to enhance their performance as a transparent anode in organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs). Owing to its moderate boiling point, in contrast to previously reported chemicals, 2-CE is advantageous both for handling as a liquid-phase chemical and for drying from the films via evaporation. We compared the optical and electrical properties of the 2-CE-treated PEDOT:PSS with those of standard PEDOT:PSS-based electrodes with the addition of 5 vol% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). With a similar thickness and transmittance in the visible region, the 2-CE-treated polymer electrodes outperformed the DMSO-added films with regard to the electrical conductivity (762 S cm-1 vs. 439 S cm-1). The work functions were almost identical: ~5 eV. We fabricated and characterized organic photovoltaic devices using the anodes and polymer:fullerene blends and found that the 2-CE treatment resulted in higher device performance. Additionally, the 2-CE treatment was applicable to OPVs on a flexible plastic substrate, indicating the effectiveness of the proposed protocol.
关键词： solvent treatment,PEDOT:PSS,organic photovoltaics,transparent electrode,conductive polymer
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59