The investigation of electrodeposited Cu2O/ITO layers by chronocoulometry process: effect of electrical potential

Mohra D., Benhaliliba M., Serin M., Khelladi M. R., Lahmar H., Azizi A.

JOURNAL OF SEMICONDUCTORS, cilt.37, 2016 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 37
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1088/1674-4926/37/10/103001
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF SEMICONDUCTORS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cu2O films, chronocoulometry, electrodeposition, ITO substrate, voltammogram, cathodic potential, THIN-FILMS, OXIDE
  • Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The thin films of Cu2O are deposited by electrodeposition technique onto indium tin oxide (ITO)-coated glass substrate at different potentials. The precursor is an aqueous solution which contains respectively 0.05 M of CuSO4 and citric acid at kept temperature of 60 degrees C and the applied potential varies within the {-0: 4 V, -0: 7 V} SCE range. Based on the chronocoulometry (CC) process, the electrochemical, structural and optical parameters are determined. We measured the current as function of potential within the {-0.4 V, -0.7 V} range and the higher current is found to be within the {-0.7 V, -0.3 V} band. The grain sizes are of 12.12 nm and 35.47 nm according to (110) and (221) orientations respectively. The high textural coefficient of 0.943 is recorded for the potential -0.7 V. The transmittance of 72.25 %, within the visible band, is obtained for the as-grown layer at -0.4 V and the band gap is found to be 2.2 eV for the electrodeposition potential of -0.7 V.