Effect of junction morphology on the performance of polycrystalline Cu 2O homojunction solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2666-2670

  McShane, Colleen M ^a   Siripala, Withana P ^a,b   Choi, Kyoung Shin ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; FILL FACTOR; HIGH RESISTIVITY; HOMOJUNCTION; LIMITING FACTORS; P-N HOMOJUNCTIONS; P-N JUNCTION; P-TYPE; POLYCRYSTALLINE;

MORPHOLOGY; REDUCTION; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77956865356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100991e     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Rakhshani, A. E. Preparation Characteristics and Photovoltaic Properties of Cuprous Oxide - A Review Solid-State Electron. 1986, 29, 7-17
2. 2O and Application for Solar Cells Sol. Energy 2006, 80, 715-722
3. 2O Solar Cells - A Review Sol. Cells 1988, 25, 265-272
4. Musa, A. O.; Akomolafe, T.; Carter, M. J. Production of Cuprous Oxide, a Solar Cell Material, by Thermal Oxidation and a Study of its Physical and Electrical Properties Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 1998, 51, 305-316
5. 2O Solar Cells Sol. Cells 1982-1983, 7, 247-279
6. 2O/ n -ZnO Heterojunction Diode for Photovoltaic Device J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 2007, 40, 3326-3329
7. 2O Substrate Appl. Phys. Lett. 2006, 88, 163502
8. Papadimitriou, L.; Economou, N. A. Heterojunction Solar Cells on Cuprous Oxide Sol. Cells 1981, 3, 73-80
9. Herion, J.; Niekisch, E. A.; Scharl, G. Investigation of Metal Oxide/Cuprous Oxide Heterojunction Solar Cells Sol. Energy Mater. 1980, 4, 101-112 (Pubitemid 12569622)
10. 2O/ZnO Solar Cell Prepared by Two-Step Electrodeposition J. Appl. Electrochem. 2004, 34, 687-692
11. 2O Substrates J. Electrochem. Soc. 2008, 155, H923-H928
12. Yuhas, B. D.; Yang, P. Nanowire-Based All-Oxide Solar Cells J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 3756-3761
13. Wang, L.; Tao, M. Fabrication and Characterization of p-n Homojunctions in Cuprous Oxide by Electrochemical Deposition Electrochem. Solid-State Lett. 2007, 10, H248-H250
14. Han, K.; Tao, M. Electrochemically Deposited p-n Homojunction Cuprous Oxide Solar Cells Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 2009, 93, 153-157
15. Siegfried, M. J.; Choi, K.-S. Elucidation of an Overpotential-Limited Branching Phenomenon Observed During the Electrocrystallization of Cuprous Oxide Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 368-372
16. 2O Electrodes Achieved by Controlling Dendritic Branching Growth J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 2561-2569
17. Zhou, Y. C.; Switzer, J. A. Galvanostatic Electrodeposition and Microstructure of Copper (I) Oxide Film Mater. Res. Innovations 1998, 2, 22-27
18. Switzer, J. A.; Kothari, H. M.; Bohannan, E. W. Thermodynamic to Kinetic Transition in Epitaxial Electrodeposition J. Phys. Chem. B 2002, 106, 4027-4031
19. 2O Films onto InP(001) Appl. Phys. Lett. 2003, 83, 1944-1946
20. 2O Nanocubes on InP(001) Chem. Mater. 2003, 15, 4882-4885
21. 2O Surfaces via Shape Transformation of Pre-Grown Crystals J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 10356-10357