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Effect of annealing on
the resistivity of copper (I) oxide solar cells
M. Y
Onimisi
Department of Physics, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna,
Nigeria. E-mail:
onimisimy@yahoo.com. Tel.
08054538199.
Accepted
1 August, 2008 |
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The effect of annealing on the resistively of copper (I)
oxides (Cu2O) samples has been investigated in
detail. The resistivily of the sample is a function of the
power output of such Cu2O solar cell. Results
revealed that the annealing of Cu2O samples
improves the output performance compared to that of
unannealed samples by about 36%. The results on the
resistivity of the samples oxidized at different
temperatures for different times but annealed for some
duration at an identical temperature after proper quenching
in deionizer water shows a lower and higher resistivities
for annealed and unannealed samples respectively.
Key
words:
Annealed, unannealed, resistivity, quenching, Cu2O
Solar Cell. |
