1. JCCT
  2. Ch&ChT Vol. 19, No. 4, 2025
  3. Enhanced Electrical Properties of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells Using Copper Oxide Nanoparticles

Enhanced Electrical Properties of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells Using Copper Oxide Nanoparticles

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Mansour Bayati1, Ammar M. Hamza1, Hanaa K. Egzar1
Affiliation: 
1 Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Kufa, Najaf city, Iraq mansourk.ali@uokufa.edu.iq
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.23939/chcht19.04.664
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Keywords: 
copper oxide
electrochemical
efficiency
crystalline solar cell
nanoparticles
Abstract: 
The research aimed to create an electrochemical system that could effectively and affordably produce different-sized and shaped copper oxide nanoparticles. CuO NPs also enhance the efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells by coating them with copper oxide nanoparticles. Field emission scanning microscopy (FESEM) characterized the CuO NPs, revealing the nanorod morphologies. The presence of pure-phase CuO NPs with a monoclinic structure and an average crystallite size of 9.54 nm was verified by X-ray diffraction (XRD). CuO nanoparticles were shown to exhibit a variety of shapes using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), including platelets and rods. The CuO NPs' excellent purity was validated by an examination using an energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The measurements' results show that the efficiency of solar cells coated with CuO NPs (10.43 η at 20 0C) is higher than that of solar cells without coating (9.831η at 20 oC).
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