Exploring the impact of substrate placement on Cu3N thin films as a solar cell window layer: Structural and optical attributes

HA Alyousef, AM Hassan, HMH Zakaly - Materials Today Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
Copper nitride (Cu 3 N) thin films have garnered significant interest due to their exceptional
stability, corrosion resistance, and optical qualities. In this research, Cu 3 N thin films were …

Impact of the RF Power on the Copper Nitride Films Deposited in a Pure Nitrogen Environment for Applications as Eco-Friendly Solar Absorber

MI Rodríguez-Tapiador, J Merino, T Jawhari… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
This material can be considered to be an interesting eco-friendly choice to be used in the
photovoltaic field. In this work, we present the fabrication of Cu3N thin films by reactive radio …

Enhanced electrical properties of copper nitride films deposited via high power impulse magnetron sputtering

YH Chen, PI Lee, S Sakalley, CK Wen, WC Cheng… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HiPIMS) has generated a great deal of interest
by offering significant advantages such as high target ionization rate, high plasma density …

Correlation between surface topography, optical band gaps and crystalline properties of engineered AZO and CAZO thin films

L Dejam, S Solaymani, A Achour, S Stach, Ş Ţălu… - Chemical Physics …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, the stereometric 3-D surface topography as well as the optical properties of the
Al doped ZnO (AZO), and Al/Cu co-doped ZnO (CAZO) thin films were investigated. These …

Effect of substrate temperature and position on properties of Cu3N thin films deposited by reactive radio frequency magnetron sputtering

S Majumder, M Ohishi, K Saito, Q Guo… - Materials Science in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Copper nitride (Cu 3 N) thin films were deposited on soda lime glass (SLG) substrates by
reactive radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering using a pure Cu target in the presence …

Synthesis and characterization of Cu 3 N nanoparticles using pyrrole-2-carbaldpropyliminato Cu (II) complex and Cu (NO 3) 2 as single-source precursors: the search …

RK Sithole, LFE Machogo, MA Airo, SS Gqoba… - New Journal of …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of Cu3N nanocrystals using two single-
source precursors, bis (pyrrole-2-carbalpropyliminato) Cu (II)(PPC) and Cu (NO3) 2· 3H2O …

Structural and optical properties of nanocrystalline α-MoO3 thin films prepared at different annealing temperatures

A Hojabri, F Hajakbari, AE Meibodi - Journal of Theoretical and Applied …, 2015 - Springer
Nanocrystalline α-MoO 3 thin films were prepared successfully by thermal annealing of
molybdenum (Mo) thin films deposited on quartz and silicon substrates using DC magnetron …

Atypically small temperature-dependence of the direct band gap in the metastable semiconductor copper nitride

M Birkett, CN Savory, AN Fioretti, P Thompson… - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
The temperature-dependence of the direct band gap and thermal expansion in the
metastable anti-ReO 3 semiconductor Cu 3 N are investigated between 4.2 and 300 K by …

Reactive magnetron sputtered AlN thin films: structural, linear and nonlinear optical characteristics

HA Alyousef, AM Hassan, HMH Zakaly - Journal of Materials Science …, 2023 - Springer
This study investigates the structural and optical characteristics of aluminum nitride (AlN)
thin films deposited using reactive magnetron sputtering (dcMS) in an Ar+ N2 (80: 20%) …

Optical characterization of Cu3N thin film with Swanepoel method

D Dorranian, L Dejam, G Mosayebian - Journal of Theoretical and Applied …, 2012 - Springer
Swanepoel method is employed for spectroscopic determination of optical properties of Cu 3
N thin film using transmittance data. Investigated films have been deposited using reactive …