Atomic layer deposited gallium oxide buffer layer enables 1.2 V open-circuit voltage in cuprous oxide solar cells
Yun Seog Lee1, Danny Chua, Riley E Brandt
1Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA.
Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|May 28, 2014
Abstract:
The power conversion efficiency of solar cells based on copper (I) oxide (Cu2 O) is enhanced by atomic layer deposition of a thin gallium oxide (Ga2 O3 ) layer. By improving band-alignment and passivating interface defects, the device exhibits an open-circuit voltage of 1.20 V and an efficiency of 3.97%, showing potential of over 7% efficiency.


