Optimal ablation of fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) thin film layers adopting a simple pulsed Nd:YAG laser with TEM00 mode

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 558-562

  Kim, Hee Je ^a   Lee, Myung Sik ^b   Lee, Dong Gil ^a   Son, Min Kyu ^a   Lee, Kyoung Jun ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongnam Technical High School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ablation; Dye sensitized solar cell; Fluorine doped tin oxide; Nd:YAG laser; Overlapping rate

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FLUORINE; LASER ABLATION; LASER BEAMS; LASER RESONATORS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NEODYMIUM; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; RESONATORS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHARGING VOLTAGES; DISCHARGE VOLTAGES; DOMINANT FACTORS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FEEDING SPEED; FLUORINE-DOPED TIN OXIDE; HOLE DIAMETERS; HOLE SIZES; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; LASER BEAM ENERGIES; LASER SYSTEMS; MATERIAL PROCESSING; ND:YAG LASER; OPTIMAL LASER PARAMETERS; OVERLAPPING RATE; PULSED ND:YAG LASERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SPATIAL FIELDS; TEM; THIN-FILM LAYERS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 61349137561     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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