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Abstract: As global warming and pollution are becoming an ever increasing problem, the need to move to green and renewable sources for energy is becoming more and more important. Solar cells, having a wide range of uses and having already shown potential for mass marketability, are key to moving away from fossil fuels and natural gas as the main sources of energy production. Consequentially, it ... read morehas also become necessary to reduce both the capital and energy costs of solar cell manufacturing. In this research, only cheap and abundant resources were used along with non-energy intensive processing through electrodeposition in the development of solar cells. Special focus was dedicated to optimizing the deposition of zinc oxide (ZnO) to improve the efficiency of the solar cell. The optimal methodology was the deposition of zinc metal first, followed by the formation of ZnO by annealing the zinc metal film. Cuprous oxide (Cu2O) was then deposited on top of the ZnO as a means of creating an effective p-n heterojunction. However, due to deposition difficulties, it was not possible to construct an effective p-n junction. Nevertheless, the most effective ZnO deposition process was successfully characterized.read less
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