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: Received: 15 July 2024 / Approved: 16 July 2024 / Online: 16 July 2024 (07:34:35 CEST)
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Wittawat, P.; Kasayapanand, N.; Mungkung, N.; Tunlasakun, K.; Arunrungrusmi, S.; Thungsuk, N.; Tanitteerapan, T.; Yuji, T.; Maneepen, T.; Songruk, A. Surface Development of PET Films Using Low-Pressure, High-Frequency Ar + O2 Plasma on Zinc Powder for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Preprints2024, 2024071271. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1271.v1
Wittawat, P.; Kasayapanand, N.; Mungkung, N.; Tunlasakun, K.; Arunrungrusmi, S.; Thungsuk, N.; Tanitteerapan, T.; Yuji, T.; Maneepen, T.; Songruk, A. Surface Development of PET Films Using Low-Pressure, High-Frequency Ar + O2 Plasma on Zinc Powder for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Preprints 2024, 2024071271. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1271.v1
Wittawat, P.; Kasayapanand, N.; Mungkung, N.; Tunlasakun, K.; Arunrungrusmi, S.; Thungsuk, N.; Tanitteerapan, T.; Yuji, T.; Maneepen, T.; Songruk, A. Surface Development of PET Films Using Low-Pressure, High-Frequency Ar + O2 Plasma on Zinc Powder for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Preprints2024, 2024071271. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1271.v1
APA Style
Wittawat, P., Kasayapanand, N., Mungkung, N., Tunlasakun, K., Arunrungrusmi, S., Thungsuk, N., Tanitteerapan, T., Yuji, T., Maneepen, T., & Songruk, A. (2024). Surface Development of PET Films Using Low-Pressure, High-Frequency Ar + O2 Plasma on Zinc Powder for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1271.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Wittawat, P., Threerapong Maneepen and Apidat Songruk. 2024 "Surface Development of PET Films Using Low-Pressure, High-Frequency Ar + O2 Plasma on Zinc Powder for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1271.v1
Abstract
This research has developed a process for producing ZnO thin film from DEZn deposited onto a PET substrate with low-pressure, high-frequency Ar + O2 plasma using a chemical vapor deposition technique. The aim is to study the film production conditions that affect electrical properties, optical properties, and thin film surfaces. This work highlights the use of plasma energy produced from a mixture of gases between Ar + O2. Plasma production is stimulated with an RF power supply to deliver high chemical energy and push ZnO atoms from the cathode inside the reactor onto the substrate through surface chemical reactions. The results showed that increasing the RF power in plasma production affected the chemical reactions on the substrate surface of film formation. The film preparation at RF power 300 W will give the thickest films. The film has a continuous columnar formation, and the surface has a granular structure. This results in the lowest electrical resistivity of 1.8 x 10-4 Ω-cm. In addition, when fabricated into a DSSC device, the device tested the PCE value and showed the highest value at 5.68%. This is due to the very rough surface nature of the ZnO film, which increases the scattering and storage of sunlight, making cells more efficient. Therefore, the benefit of this research is that it will be a highly efficient prototype of thin film production technology using a chemical process that reduces production costs and can be used in the industrial development of solar cells.
Keywords
PET films; Zinc powder; Ar+O2 plasma; RF power; LPCVD; DSSCs
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Polymers and Plastics
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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