MgZnO High Voltage Thin Film Transistors on Glass for Inverters in Building Integrated Photovoltaics

Hong, Wen-Chiang; Ku, Chieh-Jen; Li, Rui; Abbaslou, Siamak; Reyes, Pavel; Wang, Szu-Ying; Li, Guangyuan; Lu, Ming; Sheng, Kuang; Lu, Yicheng

doi:10.1038/srep34169

Title: MgZnO High Voltage Thin Film Transistors on Glass for Inverters in Building Integrated Photovoltaics

Journal Article · Mon Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep34169· OSTI ID:1349569

Hong, Wen-Chiang ^[1]; Ku, Chieh-Jen ^[1]; Li, Rui ^[1]; Abbaslou, Siamak ^[1]; Reyes, Pavel ^[1]; Wang, Szu-Ying ^[1]; Li, Guangyuan ^[1]; Lu, Ming ^[2]; Sheng, Kuang ^[1]; Lu, Yicheng ^[1]

Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China). College of Electrical Engineering

Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) have attracted considerable interests because of its aesthetically attractive appearance and overall low cost. In BIPV, system integration on a glass substrate like windows is essential to cover a large area of a building with low cost. But, the conventional high voltage devices in inverters have to be built on the specially selected single crystal substrates, limiting its application for large area electronic systems, such as the BIPV. We demonstrate a Magnesium Zinc Oxide (MZO) based high voltage thin film transistor (HVTFT) built on a transparent glass substrate. We designed devices with unique ring-type structures and use modulated Mg doping in the channel - gate dielectric interface, resulting in a blocking voltage of over 600 V. In addition to BIPV, the MZO HVTFT based inverter technology also creates new opportunities for emerging self-powered smart glass.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC00112704

OSTI ID:: 1349569

Report Number(s):: BNL-113698-2017-JA; KC0403020

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 6, Issue 1; ISSN 2045-2322

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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