Kumar, VinodSwart, H.C.Kumar, V.Pandey, A.Purohit, L.P.Ntwaeaborwa, O.M.2015-08-252015-08-252015Kumar, V., Swart, H.C., Kumar, V., Pandey, A., Purohit, L.P. & Ntwaeaborwa, O.M. 2015, 'Effect of doping on ZnO based transparent conducting oxides and down/up conversion phosphor for solar cell application', Paper presented to the 3rd Southern African Solar Energy Conference, South Africa, 11-13 May, 2015.http://hdl.handle.net/2263/49545Paper presented to the 3rd Southern African Solar Energy Conference, South Africa, 11-13 May, 2015.Boron doped ZnO (ZnO:B) films were grown by the spin coating method. The structure of the ZnO:B film has been found to exhibit the hexagonal wurtzite structure. A minimum resistivity was obtained to be 7.9×10-4 Ω-cm at 0.6 at.% of B concentration in the ZnO:B films. The optical interference pattern in the transmittance spectra shows good homogeneity with a transparency of ~91%, in the visible region. The efficiencies of the dye sensitized solar cell (DSSCs) formed using the ZnO:B window layers were obtained to be 1.56 %. Rare earth doped oxide based nano-phosphors for up and down conversion applications were also synthesised by a solution combustion method. The efficiency of the DSSC can be enhanced by using an extra layer of down and up conversion phosphor material as a layer on top of the solar cell.5 pagesPDFen© 2015 University of PretoriaDopingSolar cellHexagonal wurtzite structureDye sensitized solar cellUp and down conversion materialPresentation