Re-emitting oxide – copper iodide(I) films for silicone solar cells

  • Gvidona P. Shevchenko Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieninhradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus
  • Yuliya V. Bokshyts Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieninhradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5786-8845
  • Catherine A. Kovel Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieninhradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus
  • Nadzeya V. Shynkevich Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Alexander V. Mazanik Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Dormidont A. Serban Institute of Applied Physics, 5 Academiei Street, Chisinau, MD-2028, Moldova
  • Nicolai N. Curmei Institute of Applied Physics, 5 Academiei Street, Chisinau, MD-2028, Moldova
  • Leonid I. Bruk Institute of Applied Physics, 5 Academiei Street, Chisinau, MD-2028, Moldova
  • Piotr P. Pershukevich B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 68-2 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220072, Belarus
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33581/2520-257X-2021-1-50-57

Abstract

The effect of Al2O3 – CuI oxide films on the photoelectric parameters of silicon solar cells (SCs) has been studied. The largest increase in the external quantum efficiency of photoelectric conversion of SCs in the near UV range is observed for monolayer films of the 50Al2O3 – 50CuI composition, heat-treated at 280 °C for 30 min, which corresponds to a relative increase in the photocurrent upon exposure to radiation of spectral composition AM1.5 (1000 W/m2 ) by more than 35 %. This confirms the efficiency of using re-emitting Al2O3 – CuI films to increase the efficiency of silicon SCs.

Author Biographies

Gvidona P. Shevchenko, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieninhradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus

PhD (chemistry), docent; leading researcher at the laboratory of nanochemistry

Yuliya V. Bokshyts, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieninhradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus

PhD (chemistry); researcher at the laboratory of nanochemistry

Catherine A. Kovel, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieninhradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus

junior researcher at the laboratory of nanochemistry

Nadzeya V. Shynkevich, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

engineer at the department of energy physics, faculty of physics

Alexander V. Mazanik, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

PhD (physics and mathematics), docent; head of the department of energy physics, faculty of physics

Dormidont A. Serban, Institute of Applied Physics, 5 Academiei Street, Chisinau, MD-2028, Moldova

PhD (physics and mathematics), full professor; chief researcher

Nicolai N. Curmei, Institute of Applied Physics, 5 Academiei Street, Chisinau, MD-2028, Moldova

PhD (physics and mathematics); senior researcher

Leonid I. Bruk, Institute of Applied Physics, 5 Academiei Street, Chisinau, MD-2028, Moldova

PhD (physics and mathematics), docent; leading researcher

Piotr P. Pershukevich, B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 68-2 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220072, Belarus

PhD (physics and mathematics); senior researcher

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Published
2021-04-12
Keywords: solar cell, transmission spectra, spectral and luminescent properties, photovoltaic parameters
Supporting Agencies The work was supported by Belarusian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Research (grant No. X19MLDG-002).
How to Cite
Shevchenko, G. P., Bokshyts, Y. V., Kovel, C. A., Shynkevich, N. V., Mazanik, A. V., Serban, D. A., Curmei, N. N., Bruk, L. I., & Pershukevich, P. P. (2021). Re-emitting oxide – copper iodide(I) films for silicone solar cells. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Chemistry, 1, 50-57. https://doi.org/10.33581/2520-257X-2021-1-50-57
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No 1 (2021): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Chemistry
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