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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Transparent Conductive Copper-Doped Zinc Oxide (ZnO:Cu) Thin Films: PVco-D Fabrication and Applications in Perovskite Solar Cells.

Mateusz Mientki, Anna Zawadzka, Magdalena Kowalska, Michał Zawadzki, Amal Tarbi, Bouchta Sahraoui, Przemysław Płóciennik

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. 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.

Mateusz MientkiInstitute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland.ORCID 0009-0003-9076-2972
Anna ZawadzkaInstitute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1599-5675
Magdalena KowalskaInstitute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland.
Michał ZawadzkiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Giuseppe La Masa 1, 20156 Milan, Italy.
Amal TarbiScientific Research and Innovation Laboratory, Superior School of Technology, Ibn Tofail University, P.O. Box 242, Kenitra 14000, Morocco.
Bouchta SahraouiSFR MATRIX, LPhiA, University of Angers, Bd Lavoisier 2, CEDEX 2, 49045 Angers, France.ORCID 0000-0002-3934-2839
Przemysław PłóciennikCentre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Wilenska 4, 87-100 Torun, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2115-264X

Funding

IDUB project - emerging research fields: "Material Science and Technology" IDUB NCU 2023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) is one of the most widely used ohmic materials for fabricating ohmic layers in thin-film solar cells. ITO thin layers have reached almost the maximum theoretical conductivity and the lowest practical resistivity. Along with indium's toxic environmental impact and the high cost of materials, these are the reasons why new materials for efficient, cheaper thin-film transparent ohmic layers are being examined. One of those materials is copper-doped zinc oxide (ZnO:Cu). In this paper, we present a new approach to copper-doped zinc oxide fabrication methods, based on the modern authorial Physical Vapor Co-Deposition technique, which involves optimizing Cu concentration to fine-tune crystal structure, optical band gap, and electrical properties, creating n-type TCOs essential for efficient charge transport in next-generation thin films perovskite solar cells.

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annealingatomic force microscopycopper-doped zinc oxide layersenergy bandgapphysical vapor co-depositionthin-film perovskite solar cellstransmissiontransparent conductive oxidesvoltage-current characteristicsX-ray fluorescence

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PMID41976743
PMCPMC13074525

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