Characterization of CuO/n-Si heterojunction solar cells produced by thermal evaporation

• Autorzy: Özmenteş R. , Temirci C. , Özkartal A. , Ejderha K. , Yildirim N.

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DOI

10.2478/msp-2018-0092

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Copper(II) oxide (CuO) in powder form was evaporated thermally on the front surface of an n-Si (1 0 0) single crystal using a vacuum coating unit. Structural investigation of the deposited CuO film was made using X-ray difraction (XRD) and energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) techniques. It was determined from the obtained results that the copper oxide films exhibited single-phase CuO properties in a monoclinic crystal structure. Transmittance measurement of the CuO film was performed by a UV-Vis spectrophotometer. Band gap energy of the film was determined as 1.74 eV under indirect band gap assumption. Current-voltage (I-V) measurements of the CuO/n-Si heterojunctions were performed under illumination and in the dark to reveal the photovoltaic and electrical properties of the produced samples. From the I-V measurements, it was revealed that the CuO/n-Si heterojunctions produced by thermal evaporation exibit excellent rectifying properties in dark and photovoltaic properties under illumination. Conversion efficiencies of the CuO/n-Si solar cells are comparable to those of CuO/n-Si produced by other methods described in the literature.

Słowa kluczowe

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copper oxide; heterojunction; photovoltaics; solar cell; rectifier

• Wydawca: De Gruyter
• Czasopismo: Materials Science Poland
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: Vol. 36, No. 4
• Strony: 668--674
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 21 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

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Özmenteş R.

• Department of Physics, Institute of Science and Technology, Van Yuzuncu Yil University, 65080 Van, Turkey

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Temirci C.

• Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Van Yuzuncu Yil University, 65080 Van, Turkey

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Özkartal A.

• Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Van Yuzuncu Yil University, 65080 Van, Turkey

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Ejderha K.

• Department of Electricity and Energy, Vocational High School of Technical Sciences, Bingol University, 12000 Bingol, Turkey

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Yildirim N.

• Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Bingöl University, 12000 Bingöl, Turkey

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Uwagi

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Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2019).