A study on cuprous oxide/ cuprous sulphide thin film solar cells
| dc.contributor.author | Wanninayake, W. T. M. A. P. K. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-01T04:04:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-11-01T04:04:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Cuprous oxide is an attractive material for solar cell applications because it is low cost, non- toxic and has a direct band gap of 2eV. In this research work Cu₂O thin films were deposited on titanium substrate by electrodeposition method. Films were investigated by the method of spectral response to ensure that the deposited films were n-type and SEM to obtain surface morphology of the film. Annealing treatment was used to enhance the quality of the films. Partial sulphidation of the Cu₂O films was done with S⁻ containing chemicals (Sodium sulphide and Ammonium sulphide) using five chemical methods in order to make a p-type CuₓS thin layer on the Cu₂O film. Using above methods, Ti/Cu₂/CuₓS/gold heterojunction solar cell was fabricated and heat treatment was done to enhance the quality of the device. I-V characteristics were obtained in both dark and illuminated conditions and final device was tested in natural day light conditions. The best Cu₂O/CuₓS cell exhibited an open circuit voltage of 310mV and short circuit current density of 990μA/cm² under natural light condition. The efficiency of the solar cell is 0.3%. The study reveals the potential application of electrodeposited Cu₂O thin films in low-cost thin film solar cells. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.lib.pdn.ac.lk/handle/20.500.14444/3016 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | The University of Peradeniya | |
| dc.subject | Material physics | |
| dc.subject | Cuprousoxide | |
| dc.subject | Solar cell | |
| dc.title | A study on cuprous oxide/ cuprous sulphide thin film solar cells | |
| dc.type | Thesis |