Doping cuprous oxide with fluorine and its band gap narrowing
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 64-69 |
Journal / Publication | Journal of Alloys and Compounds |
Volume | 721 |
Online published | 27 May 2017 |
Publication status | Published - 15 Oct 2017 |
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Abstract
Phase-pure cuprous oxide (Cu2O) thin films doped with Fluorine (F) have been prepared under thermal diffusion at diffusion temperatures of 1123 K and 1223 K and it is found that higher diffusion temperature leads to larger grain size. F-doping slightly reduces the lattice constant and F-doped Cu2O thin films exhibit p-type semiconductor characteristics. The reduction of band gap occurs due to F-doping induced impurity band, because F-doped samples have larger Urbach tails than that of undoped samples. Theoretical calculation demonstrates that substitutional F-doping makes Cu2O almost metallic because the energy bands of F atoms enter the forbidden gap, and interstitial F-doping narrows the band gap because F atoms contribute to the valence bands. The doped F atoms are very possibly interstial and play the role of acceptors in Cu2O. Phase-pure Cu2O doped with F have smaller resistivity and larger hole concentration, implying potential application in solar cells.
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Doping cuprous oxide with fluorine and its band gap narrowing. / Ye, Fan; Zeng, Jun-Jie; Cai, Xing-Min; Su, Xiao-Qiang; Wang, Bo; Wang, Huan; Roy, V. A.L.; Tian, Xiao-Qing; Li, Jian-Wei; Zhang, Dong-Ping; Fan, Ping; Zhang, Jun.
In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 721, 15.10.2017, p. 64-69.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review