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Thermal Evaporated Bismuth Triiodide (BiI3) Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2018

Natália F. Coutinho ,
Rafael B. Merlo ,
Nelson F. V. Borrero  and
Francisco C. Marques
Natália F. Coutinho*
Affiliation:
‘Gleb Wataghin’ Institute of Physics, UNICAMP, 13083-859, Campinas-SP, Brazil
Rafael B. Merlo
Affiliation:
‘Gleb Wataghin’ Institute of Physics, UNICAMP, 13083-859, Campinas-SP, Brazil
Nelson F. V. Borrero
Affiliation:
‘Gleb Wataghin’ Institute of Physics, UNICAMP, 13083-859, Campinas-SP, Brazil
Francisco C. Marques
Affiliation:
‘Gleb Wataghin’ Institute of Physics, UNICAMP, 13083-859, Campinas-SP, Brazil
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*(Email: nataliafcoutinho@gmail.com)
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Abstract

Bismuth triiodide (BiI3) is a potential candidate for application in solar cell due to its good optoelectronic properties and because it is free of toxic elements. It can be used as the absorber material in solar cells or converted into the perovskite-like material MA3Bi2I9, suitable also for photovoltaic applications. Bismuth triiodide has been prepared by physical vapour transport (PVT) and by solution process through spin coating. In this work we present optical and structural/topological properties of BiI3 deposited by thermal evaporation under high vacuum. The films are slightly tensile, polycrystalline, homogenously distributed and with good adherence on several substrates, with an indirect bandgap of 1.81 eV, index of refraction of 3.3 (630 nm), photoluminescence centered at 1.74 eV and a Raman peak at 118cm-1 associated with the Ag mode.

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perovskitesphotovoltaicphysical vapor deposition (PVD)thin filmoptical properties
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MRS Advances , Volume 3 , Issue 55: Energy Materials and Technologies , 2018 , pp. 3233 - 3236
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2018 

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