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Electrical and Photovoltaic Responses of an Au/Coumarin 337/n-Si/Sb-Au Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Solar Cell

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Thin films of coumarin 337 (C-337) dye were fabricated on n-type silicon (111) wafer using a high-vacuum thermal evaporation technique. Investigation of their structure using x-ray diffraction analysis and scanning electron microscopy revealed that the pristine C-337 films had sphere-shaped nanostructure. The absorbance, transmittance, and reflectance of the C-337 films were measured spectrophotometrically. Tauc’s method revealed an indirect allowed-type optical transition for these films with an optical band gap of 1.59 eV assisted by phonons of 52 meV. Hybrid organic–inorganic heterojunction solar cells based on C-337 were deposited on n-type single-crystal silicon wafer. Many aspects of the electrical parameters of the Au/C-337/n-Si/Sb-Au heterojunction solar cells were studied under dark condition based on their capacitance–voltage, conductance–voltage, and current–voltage characteristics at different frequencies (100 kHz to 1 MHz). The Nyquist diagram of the solar cell was recorded at various frequencies. Furthermore, the illuminated current–voltage and phototransient characteristics of the cell were also measured and used to evaluate the photovoltaic performance of the device. Under illumination intensity of 90 mW/cm2, the solar cell showed good photovoltaic behavior with short-circuit current, open-circuit voltage, fill factor, and power conversion efficiency of 5.42 mA, 0.55 V, 0.59, and 4.39%, respectively. The photovoltaic and phototransient properties of the device indicate that it could be applied as both a solar cell and a linear dynamic range optoelectronic switching sensor.

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    Ahmed M. Nawar

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    Ahmed M. Nawar

  3. Department of Sciences and Technology, Rania University College, Taif University, Rania, 12975, Saudi Arabia

    M. M. Makhlouf

  4. Department of Physics, Damietta Cancer Institute, Damietta, 34517, Egypt

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Nawar, A.M., Makhlouf, M.M. Electrical and Photovoltaic Responses of an Au/Coumarin 337/n-Si/Sb-Au Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Solar Cell. J. Electron. Mater. 48, 5771–5784 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-019-07359-4

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