ITO islands as floating electrodes to deposit aligned carbon nanotubes for photovoltaic applications

Abdullah Abdulhameed; Mohd Nazim Mohtar; Mohd Nizar Hamidon; Izhal Abdul Halin

doi:10.1109/INEC.2019.8853854

ITO islands as floating electrodes to deposit aligned carbon nanotubes for photovoltaic applications

Abdullah Abdulhameed, Mohd Nazim Mohtar, Mohd Nizar Hamidon, Izhal Abdul Halin

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Abstract

Recently transparent conductive electrodes (TCEs) have attracted the interest of researchers due to their outstanding optical and electrical properties. Indium tin oxide (ITO) is an oxide material that combines the criteria of high conductance and transmittance. However, ITO is a non-flexible, brittle and expensive material. TCEs are commonly embedded in solar cells to perform high photon absorption and electron collection instantaneously. In this paper, an optimized TCE network is proposed to maintain TCEs' conductivity and transparency and to improve their flexibility and ability to handle mechanical forces. The network is designed by aligning multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) on ITO speckled surface to form ITO-CNT grid. The alignment mechanism is achieved through dielectrophoretic (DEP) force, where an electric field of 10V and 10⁵ Hz is subjected to an ethanol/ MWCNT suspension to assemble the CNT across ITO's floating electrodes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 IEEE 9th International Nanoelectronics Conferences, INEC 2019
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728112374
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/INEC.2019.8853854
State	Published - Jul 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	9th IEEE International Nanoelectronics Conferences, INEC 2019 - Kuching, Malaysia Duration: 3 Jul 2019 → 5 Jul 2019

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Name	2019 IEEE 9th International Nanoelectronics Conferences, INEC 2019

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Conference	9th IEEE International Nanoelectronics Conferences, INEC 2019
Country/Territory	Malaysia
City	Kuching
Period	3/07/19 → 5/07/19

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Keywords

Alignment
DEP
MWCNT
TCEs
Thin film solar cell

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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Abdulhameed, A., Mohtar, M. N., Hamidon, M. N., & Halin, I. A. (2019). ITO islands as floating electrodes to deposit aligned carbon nanotubes for photovoltaic applications. In 2019 IEEE 9th International Nanoelectronics Conferences, INEC 2019 Article 8853854 (2019 IEEE 9th International Nanoelectronics Conferences, INEC 2019). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/INEC.2019.8853854

Abdulhameed, Abdullah ; Mohtar, Mohd Nazim ; Hamidon, Mohd Nizar et al. / ITO islands as floating electrodes to deposit aligned carbon nanotubes for photovoltaic applications. 2019 IEEE 9th International Nanoelectronics Conferences, INEC 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. (2019 IEEE 9th International Nanoelectronics Conferences, INEC 2019).

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Abdulhameed, A, Mohtar, MN, Hamidon, MN & Halin, IA 2019, ITO islands as floating electrodes to deposit aligned carbon nanotubes for photovoltaic applications. in 2019 IEEE 9th International Nanoelectronics Conferences, INEC 2019., 8853854, 2019 IEEE 9th International Nanoelectronics Conferences, INEC 2019, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 9th IEEE International Nanoelectronics Conferences, INEC 2019, Kuching, Malaysia, 3/07/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/INEC.2019.8853854

ITO islands as floating electrodes to deposit aligned carbon nanotubes for photovoltaic applications. / Abdulhameed, Abdullah; Mohtar, Mohd Nazim; Hamidon, Mohd Nizar et al.
2019 IEEE 9th International Nanoelectronics Conferences, INEC 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. 8853854 (2019 IEEE 9th International Nanoelectronics Conferences, INEC 2019).

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ITO islands as floating electrodes to deposit aligned carbon nanotubes for photovoltaic applications

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