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Synthesis and Characterization of Cu-Incorporated Zinc Tin Zorcinate Thin Film as a Promising Candidate as Absorber Layer in DSSC

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Abstract

This study presents the elaboration and characterization of un-doped and Copper co-doped Zinc-Tin-Zirconiate (3, 6, 9 mol.%). Cux-ZTZr(2-x) nanostructured thin films prepared using sol-gel Copper co-doped Zinc Tin method on a glass substrate and annealed at 500oC for 1hr. The synthesized film samples are characterized by X-ray (XRD), scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray (HR-SEM/EDX), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and UV–VIS–NIR double beam spectrophotometer. The experimental results demonstrated that all the prepared films exhibited a polycrystalline nanoparticle structure, and the crystallites size was found to be ranged from 17 and 32 nm. SEM micrographs showed scattered nanoparticles with irregular distribution over the substrates, and the particles size is in the range of 21–29 nm. The highly transparent (>85% for doped sample) nanostructures films show a bandgap increment from 4 to 4.19 ev with rising Copper content in zinc Tin Zirconiate. The effect of Cu focus in ZTZr will differ in the optical properties of the semiconductor, which means that these films have many advantages in solar cell application.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2021.87118.4214

Keywords

Counter electrode, Spin coating, Dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC), Optical properties, sol-gel

Authors

First Name

Marwa M.

Last Name

Toraya

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Affiliation

Photovoltaic Cells Department, Electronics Research Institute (ERI), Cairo, Egypt

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marwatoraya@eri.sci.eg

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First Name

Doaa M.

Last Name

Attia

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-

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Photovoltaic Cells Department, Electronics Research Institute (ERI), Cairo, Egypt

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doaa@eri.sci.eg

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-

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First Name

Amany M.

Last Name

El Nahrawy

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-

Affiliation

Solid-State Physics Department, Physics Research Division, National Research Centre, 33 El-Bohouth St., Dokki, 12622, Egypt

Email

amany_physics_1980@yahoo.com

City

Giza, Egypt

Orcid

0000-0002-3501-2541

First Name

Ninte M.

Last Name

Ahmed

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-

Affiliation

Photovoltaic Cells Department, Electronics Research Institute (ERI), Cairo, Egypt

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ninet@eri.sci.eg

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-

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First Name

Saleh

Last Name

Hussin

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-

Affiliation

Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Egypt

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sisaleh@eng.zu.eud.eg

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-

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Volume

65

Article Issue

3

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29682

Issue Date

2022-03-01

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2021-07-22

Publish Date

2022-03-01

Page Start

663

Page End

675

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Synthesis and Characterization of Cu-Incorporated Zinc Tin Zorcinate Thin Film as a Promising Candidate as Absorber Layer in DSSC

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22 Jan 2023