Two-Step Annealing Study of Cuprous Oxide for Photovoltaic Applications

Steven Johnston; Michael Lloyd; Sin-Cheng Siah; Riley Brandt; James Serdy; Jasmin Hofstetter; Yun Lee; Brian McCandless; Tonio Buonassisi

doi:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2455332

Two-Step Annealing Study of Cuprous Oxide for Photovoltaic Applications

Steven Johnston, Michael Lloyd, Sin-Cheng Siah, Riley Brandt, James Serdy, Jasmin Hofstetter, Yun Lee, Brian McCandless, Tonio Buonassisi

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Abstract

The properties of large grain cuprous oxide (Cu₂O) foils are explored after the implementation of a controlled postgrowth annealing process. P-type foils with a wide range of carrier density are demonstrated, enabling a promising processing window for wide bandgap solar cell devices. Hall measurements at room temperature show increased majority carrier concentration after nitrogen annealing and a reduction in mobility. The progressive change in resistivity with annealing temperature is shown, with values approaching 100 Ω.cm. Carrier recombination, measured by microwave photoconductance decay, shows a discrete change upon annealing.

Original language	American English
Article number	7180296
Pages (from-to)	1476-1481
Number of pages	6
Journal	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
Volume	5
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2455332 https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2455332
State	Published - 2015

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Keywords

Annealing
charge carrier density
charge carrier mobility
copper compounds
photoconductivity
photovoltaic cells
X-ray diffraction

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