• 文献标题:   Enhancement in photovoltaic properties of bismuth ferrite/zinc oxide heterostructure solar cell device with graphene/indium tin oxide hybrid electrodes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   AFZAL AM, JAVED Y, HUSSAIN S, ALI A, YAQOOB MZ, MUMTAZ S
  • 作者关键词:   atomic layer deposition, annealing atmosphere, leakage current, graphene, transparent electrode, power conversion efficiency
  • 出版物名称:   CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
  • ISSN:   0272-8842 EI 1873-3956
  • 通讯作者地址:   Kwangwoon Univ
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.12.166
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Integrating of ferroelectric thin films with two-dimensional materials may provide a novel and unique characteristics in the field of optoelectronics due to the coupling of their distinctive intrinsic features. A heterostructure (bismuth ferrite/zinc oxide) device is fabricated with different types of the electrode to enhance the power conversion efficiency (PCE). A single-phase multiferroic BFO thin film is grown by atomic layer deposition (ALD) method and annealed in different environments such as helium, nitrogen, and oxygen. We investigated the effect of annealing parameters and different types of electrodes on solar cell applications. We observed that the leakage current 10 orders of magnitude was reduced by decreasing in the dielectric loss. Further, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) is improved from 4.1% to 7.4% with a hybrid transparent electrode (graphene/indium fin oxide). The value of PCE is further increased at a low temperature. So, the improvement in the key parameter of bismuth ferrite thin-film evidently highlights the importance of annealing atmosphere and graphene as an electrode in BFO thin film applications in optoelectronics.