This paper reviews the strengths and advantages of electrodeposition as a low-cost and large-area semiconductor growth technique for applications in macroelectronic devices such as solar panels and large-area display devices. To highlight its strengths, experimental evidence obtained from X-ray diffracton and photoluminescence is presented. It has been shown that when materials are grown with the right conditions, electrodeposition is capable of producing high-quality materials for electronic device applications. The paper also summarizes the new science and new solar cell designs emanating from the research on electrodeposited electronic materials and solar cell devices. The new designs have been tested with well-researched III-V materials, GaAs and
AlxGa(1−x)As
, and the device performances show a drastic improvement in device parameters (
normalVoc≈1110mV
and
FF≈0.83
). These new designs have also been tested using electrodeposited
CuInGaSe2
materials, with encouraging preliminary results which are also presented and discussed.
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