Copper oxide thin film and nanowire as a barrier in ZnO dye-sensitized solar cells

Microstructures and Photovoltaic Properties of Zn(Al)O/Cu2O-Based Solar Cells Prepared by Spin-Coating and Electrodeposition

“…ZnO is a good electron acceptor with a hexagonal crystal system (space group P63mc) [24] as shown in Figure 1b, and has been used as an n-type semiconductor active layer for inorganic thin-film solar cells [25][26][27][28][29][30]. To improve the carrier transport in the ZnO structure, aluminum (Al) was selected in the present work for doping element at the Zn sites in the ZnO structure.…”

Rapid Sonochemical Synthesis and Characterisation of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles from Schweizer's Reagent

“…Rapid Sonochemical Synthesis and Characterisation of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles from Schweizer's Reagent http://www.ijSciences.com Volume 4 -November 2015 (11) …”

“…This makes onedimensional copper oxide structures ideal candidates for chemical sensors [5,6], photovoltaic devices and solar cells [7,8]. And recent in years there has been many studies carried out using copper oxide nanowires to develop solar cells [9][10][11] and a wide range of chemical sensors [12], gas sensors [13], photo-electrochemical hydrogen generation [14] and catalytic oxidation of methane [15].…”

Numerical study of metal oxide Schottky type solar cells

“…Metal oxides such as TiO 2 and ZnO have been considered as promising candidates for PV applications, but have been utilized so far mostly to fabricate dye-sensitized solar cells that have shortages of low conversion efficiency, unstable properties and short lifespan. They are still at the early development stage, and are not suitable for large scale applications at the near future [4,5].…”