%0 Conference Paper %A Arnou, Nayia %A Bowers, Jake %A Walls, Michael %D 2014 %T Ultrasonically sprayed aluminium-doped zinc oxide layers for transparent conductive oxide in thin film solar cells %U https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/conference_contribution/Ultrasonically_sprayed_aluminium-doped_zinc_oxide_layers_for_transparent_conductive_oxide_in_thin_film_solar_cells/9554492 %2 https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/ndownloader/files/17186270 %K Aluminium %K Zinc oxide %K Solar cells %K Dye-sensitised solar cells %K Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified %X Aluminium-doped zinc oxide (AZO) thin films have been deposited on glass substrates using ultrasonic spray deposition whilst varying the operational parameters. Electrical and optical properties were investigated as a function of the deposition parameters and the optimum conditions were defined. The optimum parameters result to films with a sheet resistance of ~6kΩ/□ when they are as deposited and to ~1kΩ/□ for annealed films in vacuum. The resulting transparency ranges from 80 to 85% for optimum films. %I Loughborough University