ELECTRODEPOSITION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CUPROUS-OXIDE FILMS

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作者
CHATTERJEE, AP
MUKHOPADHYAY, AK
CHAKRABORTY, AK
SASMAL, RN
LAHIRI, SK
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[1] Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Jadavpur, Calcutta
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10.1016/0167-577X(91)90134-R
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
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Semiconducting cuprous oxide films were prepared by electrodeposition onto copper substrates from an alkaline CuSO4 bath at temperatures between 40 and 60-degrees-C. The Cu2O films, which were deposited using a potentiostatic method, were found to exhibit exponential growth kinetics. X-ray diffraction studies revealed the formation of only Cu2O films with (200) preferred orientation. The observed current-voltage characteristics of the Cu2O/Cu device structures were found to be similar to that of a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) tunnel diode, indicating the presence of a thin unidentified interfacial insulating layer between the copper substrate and the cuprous oxide film.
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