Metal insulator semiconductor solar cell devices based on a Cu2O substrate utilizing h-BN as an insulating and passivating layer

Abstract

We demonstrate cuprous oxide (Cu2O) based metal insulator semiconductor Schottky (MIS-Schottky) solar cells with efficiency exceeding 3%. A unique direct growth technique is employed in the fabrication, and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) serves simultaneously as a passivation and insulation layer on the active Cu2O layer. The devices are the most efficient of any Cu2O based MIS-Schottky solar cells reported to date.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Mar 09, 2015
Source ID
10.1063/1.4914181

Entities

People

  • Alex Zettl
  • Ashley Gibb
  • Onur Ergen
  • Oscar Vazquez-Mena
  • William Regan

Organizations

  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • National Science Foundation
  • Office of Naval Research
  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology
  • Solar Photovoltaics and Thermoelectric Devices.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene