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H2O/CuIn3Se5 photoelectrochemical cells: Fabrication and properties

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Single-phase coarse-grained CuIn3Se5 ingots are grown by horizontal oriented crystallization from the near-stoichiometric melt. Photosensitive structures based on the interface between these crystals and an electrolyte (H2O) are created. It is shown that the CuIn3Se5 ternary compound is a direct-gap semiconductor with an energy gap Eg ≃ 1.1 eV (T = 300 K). H2O/CuIn3Se5 photoelectrochemical cells seem to be promising for efficient wide-band photodetectors of natural light.

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  1. Belarussian State University of Information Science and Radio Engineering, ul. Brovki 17, Minsk, 220027, Belarus

    I. V. Bodnar’ & E. S. Dmitrieva

  2. St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, ul. Politekhnicheskaya 29, St. Petersburg, 195251, Russia

    V. Yu. Rud’

  3. Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Politekhnicheskaya ul. 26, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

    Yu. V. Rud’

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Translated from Zhurnal Tekhnichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 75, No. 3, 2005, pp. 84–87.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Bodnar’, Dmitrieva, V. Rud’, Yu. Rud’.

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Bodnar’, I.V., Dmitrieva, E.S., Rud’, V.Y. et al. H2O/CuIn3Se5 photoelectrochemical cells: Fabrication and properties. Tech. Phys. 50, 367–369 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1884739

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