One-step spray of Cu2NiSnS4 thin films as absorber materials for photovoltaic applications

Cadmium Oxide Thin Films Deposited by a Simplified Spray Pyrolysis Technique for Optoelectronic Applications

Cadmium oxide thin films were fabricated on glass substrates by a simplified and low cost spray pyrolysis technique at different substrate temperatures. The X-ray diffraction study showed that irrespective of substrate temperature all the films exhibits a preferential orientation along the (1 1 1) plane. The values of crystallite size were found to be in the range 20.72 – 29.6 nm. The perce...

ONE STEP ELECTRODEPOSITION OF CuInSe2 THIN FILMS

Formation of CuInSe2 (CIS) thin films from aqueous solution containing citrate as complexing agent is reported. The surface morphology and the composition of the deposited films are characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The texture of the deposits and their compositions are analyzed by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Annealing of the films at 350°C i...

Nanomanufacturing of Emerging 2D Materials for Thin-Film Photovoltaic Applications

2D layered transition metal dichalcogenides (LTMDs) attracted a great deal of interests because of their attractive electronic, optoelectronic and mechanical properties, versatile chemistry, and large natural abundance. Especially, a single semiconducting LTMD (e.g., WSe 2 , WS 2 , and MoS 2) layer (~0.5 nm thick) can absorb as much sunlight as 50 nm of Si (or 12 nm of GaAs) and generate curren...

MAGNETRON SPUTTERED Al-ZnO THIN FILMS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS

The optimization process of the RF magnetron sputtered Al doped ZnO (AZO) thin films was carried out by studying its structural, optical, electrical, and morphological properties at different RF power and different working pressures for its use as a front-contact for the copper indium diselenide (CIS) based thin film solar cell. The structural study suggests that the preferred orientation of gr...

cadmium oxide thin films deposited by a simplified spray pyrolysis technique for optoelectronic applications