Study of the physical properties of CuO thin films grown by modified SILAR method for solar cells applications

Abstract

CuO has attracted much interest owing to its appropriate material properties, inexpensive fabrication cost and potential applications including energy devices. In this study, copper oxide CuO thin films were deposited on glass slides substrates by the simple and economical modified successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (modified SILAR). Properties of synthesized films were studied as a function numbers of deposition cycles and immersion time in the anionic solution (reaction time). The structural, surface morphology, chemical compositions and optical properties of the films have been investigated by X-ray diffraction analysis, scanning electron microscopy SEM, EDX and UV-vis spectrophotometry.