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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Copper-Arsenic-Sulfide Thin-Films from Local Raw Materials Deposited via RF Co-Sputtering for Photovoltaics.

Pedro Centeno, Miguel Alexandre, Filipe Neves, Elvira Fortunato, Rodrigo Martins, Hugo Águas, Manuel J Mendes

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Pedro CentenoCENIMAT|i3N, Department of Materials Science, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon and CEMOP/UNINOVA, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-4868-1813
Miguel AlexandreCENIMAT|i3N, Department of Materials Science, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon and CEMOP/UNINOVA, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-7533-9469
Filipe NevesLNEG, Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1251-053X
Elvira FortunatoCENIMAT|i3N, Department of Materials Science, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon and CEMOP/UNINOVA, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-4202-7047
Rodrigo MartinsCENIMAT|i3N, Department of Materials Science, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon and CEMOP/UNINOVA, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1997-7669
Hugo ÁguasCENIMAT|i3N, Department of Materials Science, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon and CEMOP/UNINOVA, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-7350-649X
Manuel J MendesCENIMAT|i3N, Department of Materials Science, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon and CEMOP/UNINOVA, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-7374-0726

Funding

European Community's H2020 952169 (SYNERGY, H2020-WIDESPREAD-2020-5, CSA)Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia DFA/BD/7882/2020Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia LA/P/0037/2020Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia PTDC/EAM-PEC/29905/2017Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia PTDC/NAN-OPT/28837/2017Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia SFRH/BD/148078/2019Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia UIDB/50025/2020Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia UIDP/50025/2020
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Abstract

The inexorable increase of energy demand and the efficiency bottleneck of monocrystalline silicon solar cell technology is promoting the research and development of alternative photovoltaic materials. Copper-arsenic-sulfide (CAS) compounds are still rather unexplored in the literature, yet they have been regarded as promising candidates for use as p-type absorber in solar cells, owing to their broad raw material availability, suitable bandgap and high absorption coefficient. Here, a comprehensive study is presented on the structural and optoelectronic properties of CAS thin-films deposited via radio-frequency magnetron co-sputtering, using a commercial Cu target together with a Cu-As-S target with material obtained from local resources, specifically from mines in the Portuguese region of the Iberian Pyrite Belt. Raman and X-ray diffraction analysis confirm that the use of two targets results in films with pronounced stoichiometry gradients, suggesting a transition from amorphous CAS compounds to crystalline djurleite (Cu

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copper arsenic sulfide compoundsphotovoltaic materialsRF co-sputteringthin-film semiconductors

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PMID36234397
PMCPMC9565231

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