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(Color online) Cross-sectional structure of AZO/p-Cu2O solar cell.
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Toshihiro Miyata, Kyosuke Watanabe, Hiroki Tokunaga, Tadatsugu Minami. Photovoltaic properties of Cu2O-based heterojunction solar cells using n-type oxide semiconductor nano thin films prepared by low damage magnetron sputtering method[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2019, 40(3): 032701. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/40/3/032701
T Miyata, K Watanabe, H Tokunaga, T Minami, Photovoltaic properties of Cu2O-based heterojunction solar cells using n-type oxide semiconductor nano thin films prepared by low damage magnetron sputtering method[J]. J. Semicond., 2019, 40(3): 032701. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/40/3/032701.
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Photovoltaic properties of Cu2O-based heterojunction solar cells using n-type oxide semiconductor nano thin films prepared by low damage magnetron sputtering method
doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/40/3/032701
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Abstract
We improved the photovoltaic properties of Cu2O-based heterojunction solar cells using n-type oxide semiconductor thin films prepared by a sputtering apparatus with our newly developed multi-chamber system. We also obtained the highest efficiency (3.21%) in an AZO/p-Cu2O heterojunction solar cell prepared with optimized pre-sputtering conditions using our newly developed multi-chamber sputtering system. This value achieves the same or higher characteristics than AZO/Cu2O solar cells with a similar structure prepared by the pulse laser deposition method.-
Keywords:
- Cu2O,
- AZO,
- solar cell,
- oxide thin film,
- magnetron sputtering
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