Industry 4.0
Vol. 8 (2023), Issue 8, pg(s) 398-400

DOMINANT TECHNOLOGIES IN “INDUSTRY 4.0”

Effect of zirconium dioxide on the obtaining of layers synthesized by zol-gel technology for photovoltaic applications

  • 1 Institute of Metal Science, Equipment, and Technologies “Acad. A. Balevski” with Center for Hydro- and Aerodynamics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2 Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Department Physical Chemistry, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 3 Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems “Academician Evgeni Budevski at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences”, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 4 Institute of Optical Materials and Technologies "Acad. Jordan Malinowski" Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Bulgaria

Abstract

Thin films deposited on glass substrates by sol-gel containing ZrO2 show photocatalytic activity, which are compared with TiO2 – which is used as a standard photocatalytic material applied in photovoltaics. By modifying ZrO2, coatings on glass surfaces were obtained, which are characterized by high properties, which are a prerequisite for use in photovoltaics. The coatings are dense and nanocrystal line according to SEM and XRD studies and optically transparent according to UV-VIS-NIR spectra

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