PREPARATION AND PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTIES OF <font>Ag</font>₂<font>O/Si</font> ISOTYPE HETEROJUNCTION

Abstract

Highly (101)-oriented p-Ag 2 O thin film with high electrical resistivity was grown by rapid thermal oxidation (RTO) on clean monocrystalline p-type Si without any post-deposition annealing. From optical transmittance and absorptance data, the direct optical band gap was found to be 1.46 eV. The electrical and photovoltaic properties of Ag 2 O/Si isotype heterojunction were examined in the absence of any buffer layer. Ideality factor of heterojunction was found to be 3.9. Photoresponce result revealed that there are two peaks located at 750 nm and 900 nm.