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Original title:
ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDY OF CuSCN INORGANIC HOLE-TRANSPORT MATERIAL FOR SOLAR CELLS PREPARED BY ELECTRODEPOSITION FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION
Authors:
Vlčková Živcová, Zuzana ; Mansfeldová, Věra ; Bouša, Milan ; Kavan, Ladislav Document type: Papers Conference/Event: International Conference NANOCON 2020 /12./, Brno (CZ), 20201021
Year:
2021
Language:
eng Abstract:
A comparative study is reported for electrodeposited copper(I) thiocyanate layers (ca. 500 nm) on two types of conductive/semiconductive substrates: i) carbon (boron-doped diamond_BDD, glass-like carbon_GC), and ii) carbon-free F-doped SnO2 conducting glass (FTO). SEM and Raman evidence that electrodeposition from aqueous solution results in homogenous CuSCN layers with dominant thiocyanate ion bounded to copper through its S-end (Cu−SCN bonding), as in spin-coated CuSCN layers. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) confirms the p-type semiconductivity of layers with a flatband potential from 0.1 to 0.18 V vs. Ag/AgCl depending on the substrate type, and the acceptor concentration (NA) of 5 x 1020cm-3 in all cases. The flatband potentials determined from Mott-Schottky plots (EIS) are in good agreement with the Kelvin probe measurements. The blocking quality of CuSCN layers was tested using Ru(NH3)63+/2+ redox probe. CuSCN deposited on BDD substrate exhibits better blocking properties compared to CuSCN deposited on FTO.
Keywords:
CuSCN; electrodeposition; hole transport material Project no.: GA18-08959S (CEP) Funding provider: GA ČR Host item entry: Conference Proceedings - NANOCON 2020. 12th International Conference on Nanomaterials - Research & Application, ISBN 978-80-87294-98-7
Institution: J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry AS ČR
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