Development of Graphene Oxide and TiO2 Heterojunctions for Hybrid Solar Cells

P. Custódio, P. A. Ribeiro, M. Raposo, S. Sério

2017

Abstract

This work reports the development of hybrid devices composed of organic and inorganic thin films, deposited on fluorine doped tin oxide coated glass substrates (FTO). The organic layers, graphene oxide (GO) and poly (ethylenimine) (PEI) were deposited by the layer by layer technique (LbL), through the aerosol spray variant. The inorganic layer, titanium dioxide (TiO2), was deposited by sputtering and the aluminium electrode by thermal evaporation. To characterize these devices was used UV-Visible spectrophotometry to observe the films growth and optical microscopy to analyze the surface morphology. Finally, the electrical measurements were performed by measuring the I-V characteristic curves. The final device (FTO/PEI/GO/ TiO2/Al)20 showed a significant change in the behaviour when interacting with light.

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Custódio P., Ribeiro P., Raposo M. and Sério S. (2017). Development of Graphene Oxide and TiO2 Heterojunctions for Hybrid Solar Cells . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: AOMat, (PHOTOPTICS 2017) ISBN 978-989-758-223-3, pages 386-390. DOI: 10.5220/0006324103860390


in Bibtex Style

@conference{aomat17,
author={P. Custódio and P. A. Ribeiro and M. Raposo and S. Sério},
title={Development of Graphene Oxide and TiO2 Heterojunctions for Hybrid Solar Cells},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: AOMat, (PHOTOPTICS 2017)},
year={2017},
pages={386-390},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006324103860390},
isbn={978-989-758-223-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: AOMat, (PHOTOPTICS 2017)
TI - Development of Graphene Oxide and TiO2 Heterojunctions for Hybrid Solar Cells
SN - 978-989-758-223-3
AU - Custódio P.
AU - Ribeiro P.
AU - Raposo M.
AU - Sério S.
PY - 2017
SP - 386
EP - 390
DO - 10.5220/0006324103860390