Solar cells based on copper oxide and titanium dioxide prepared by reactive direct-current magnetron sputtering

• Autorzy: Wisz Grzegorz , Sawicka-Chudy Paulina , Sibiński Maciej , Starowicz Zbigniew , Płoch Dariusz , Góral A. , Bester Mariusz , Cholewa M. , Woźny Janusz , Sosna-Głębska A.

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DOI

10.24425/opelre.2021.139039

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In this study, solar cells based on copper oxide and titanium dioxide were successfully manufactured using the reactive direct-current magnetron sputtering (DC-MS) technique with similar process parameters. TiO₂/CuO, TiO₂/Cu₂O/CuO/Cu₂O, and TiO₂/Cu₂O solar cells were manufactured via this process. Values of short-circuit current efficiencies, short-circuit current density, open-circuit voltage, and maximum power of PV devices were investigated in the range of 0.02÷0.9%, 75÷350 µA, 75÷350 µA/cm², 16÷550 mV, and 0.6÷27 µW, respectively. The authors compare solar cells reaching the best and the worst conversion efficiency results. Thus, only the two selected solar cells were fully characterized using I-V characteristics, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, ellipsometry, Hall effect measurements, and quantum efficiency. The best conversion efficiency of a solar cell presented in this work is about three times higher in comparison with the authors’ previous PV devices.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

solar cells; copper oxide; titanium dioxide; reactive magnetron sputtering

• Wydawca: Stowarzyszenie Elektryków Polskich ; Polska Akademia Nauk ; Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego
• Czasopismo: Opto-Electronics Review
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 29, No. 3
• Strony: 97--104
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 31 poz., fot., schem., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Wisz Grzegorz

• Institute of Physics, College of Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszów, 1 Pigonia St., 35-310 Rzeszów, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1029-4359

autor

Sawicka-Chudy Paulina

• Institute of Physics, College of Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszów, 1 Pigonia St., 35-310 Rzeszów, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5931-6566

autor

Sibiński Maciej

• Department of Semiconductor and Optoelectronic Devices, Łódź University of Technology, 211/215 Wólczańska St., 90-924 Łódź, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9752-3400

autor

Starowicz Zbigniew

• Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, 25 Reymonta St., 30-059 Kraków, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7175-4921

autor

Płoch Dariusz

• Institute of Physics, College of Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszów, 1 Pigonia St., 35-310 Rzeszów, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6255-1279

autor

Góral A.

• Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, 25 Reymonta St., 30-059 Kraków, Poland

autor

Bester Mariusz

• Institute of Physics, College of Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszów, 1 Pigonia St., 35-310 Rzeszów, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1569-1233

autor

Cholewa M.

• Institute of Physics, College of Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszów, 1 Pigonia St., 35-310 Rzeszów, Poland

autor

Woźny Janusz

• Department of Semiconductor and Optoelectronic Devices, Łódź University of Technology, 211/215 Wólczańska St., 90-924 Łódź, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0557-165X

autor

Sosna-Głębska A.

• Department of Semiconductor and Optoelectronic Devices, Łódź University of Technology, 211/215 Wólczańska St., 90-924 Łódź, Poland

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2021).