By Ackapop Katesomboon Department of Physics Faculty of Science King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi

Conclusion 2 Introductio n Experiment Results and Discussion

Introduct ion Glas s TCO amorphous silicon metal LIGHT 3 Figure 1. Structure of amorphous silicon solar cell

Introduction (Cont.) SnCl 4 (l)+2H 2 O(l) SnO 2 (S)+4HCl(l) SnCl 4 (l)+2H 2 O(l) SnO 2 (S)+4HCl(l) 4 The chemical reaction of SnO 2 films coating is Reverse reaction is

SnO 2 Glass SnO 2 SnCl 4 +2 H 2 O SnO 2 +4HCl UV-Vis Spectrophotometer Atomic Force Microscope Four Point Probes 5 Experiment Percent transmission rms roughness Sheet resistance

Experimen t (Cont.) 6 Effect of etching concentration / etching time Effect of etching temperature / etching time

Table 1: Preparation conditions of etching time and HCl concentration at room temperature. Concentration (%) Etching time (min) 1, 3, 5 1, 5, 10, 15 7 Experiment( Cont.)

Results and Discussion Fig. 2. The relationship between the percent transmission and the etching times of the specimens etched at different concentration. 8 Optical properties

Morphological properties Results and Discussion 9 HCl 1% 1min Non etching Fig 3. 3-D images of spacimens HCl 5% 15min

Etching time (min) Con. (%) Roughness rms (nm) Roughness max (nm) Surface area (µm 2 ) non etched Table 2: The roughness of specimen form AFM of relationship between etching concentration and etching time. Morphological properties Results and Discussion 10

Electrical properties Fig. 4. The relationship between the sheet resistance and the concentration of the specimens etched at different of HCl etching times from 1-15 min. 11 Results and Discussion

Temperature ( o C) Etching time (min) 40, 45, 50 1, 8, 15 Table 3: Preparation condition to investigate the effect of temperature and etching time at 1% HCl concentration. 12 Experiment (Cont.)

Optical properties Fig. 5. The relationship between the percent transmission and the temperature of the specimens etched at different etching times. 13 Results and Discussion

14 Non etching 50 o C 15 min 40 o C 1 min Morphological properties Fig D images of spacimen Results and Discussion

T ( o C) Etching time (min) Roughness rms (nm) Roughness max (nm) Surface area (µm 2 ) non etched Table 4: The roughness of specimen form AFM of relationship between temperature and etching time. Morphological properties Results and Discussion 15

Fig. 7. The relationship between the sheet resistance and the temperature of the specimens etched at different of etching times from 1-15 min. 16 Electrical properties Results and Discussion

Conclusio n In the low concentration of etching concentration from 1-5%, the percent transmission, sheet resistance and morphology varied in a small region when changing etching time. The etching temperature was not important parameter of this experiment. 17

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Acknowled gements Supattanapong Dumrongrattana Wandee Onreabroy Tula Jutarosaga Department of Physics Faculty of Science King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi 19