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Chemical bath deposition of Co-doped PbS thin films for solar cell application

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Co-doped PbS thin films with different Co concentrations were synthesized by cost-effective chemical bath deposition technique. The main purpose of this study is to determine thin film which has the best photovoltaic efficiency by examining the photovoltaic properties of Co-doped PbS with different Co concentrations. To investigate photovoltaic properties, incident photon-to-current efficiency (IPCE) and current density (J)–voltage (V) measurements were performed. The second stage of our study is to characterize the properties of Co-doped PbS which has the best photovoltaic efficiency value. As a result of the characterization processes, the information about the crystal structure, crystallite size and energy band gap of Co-doped PbS was obtained. When the photovoltaic efficiency values obtained in the first stage of our study were taken into consideration, it was clearly observed that the Co-doped metal significantly improved the photovoltaic properties of the PbS.

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  1. Department of Occupational Health and Safety, Siirt School of Health, Siirt University, 56100, Siirt, Turkey

    Arzu Ekinci

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Siirt University, 56100, Siirt, Turkey

    Ömer Şahin

  3. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Siirt University, 56100, Siirt, Turkey

    Sabit Horoz

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Ekinci, A., Şahin, Ö. & Horoz, S. Chemical bath deposition of Co-doped PbS thin films for solar cell application. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 31, 1210–1215 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-02632-y

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