Emerging chalcogenide thin films for solar energy harvesting devices

S Hadke, M Huang, C Chen, YF Tay, S Chen… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chalcogenide semiconductors offer excellent optoelectronic properties for their use in solar
cells, exemplified by the commercialization of Cu (In, Ga) Se2-and CdTe-based photovoltaic …

A review of Sb2Se3 photovoltaic absorber materials and thin-film solar cells

A Mavlonov, T Razykov, F Raziq, J Gan, J Chantana… - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Energy generated from environmentally friendly, cost-effective solar cells is a key aspect for
developing a clean renewable-energy economy. Non-toxic and Earth-abundant materials …

CdTe-based thin film solar cells: past, present and future

A Romeo, E Artegiani - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
CdTe is a very robust and chemically stable material and for this reason its related solar cell
thin film photovoltaic technology is now the only thin film technology in the first 10 top …

Open-circuit voltage loss of antimony chalcogenide solar cells: status, origin, and possible solutions

C Chen, J Tang - ACS Energy Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Recently, antimony chalcogenide solar cells including Sb2S3, Sb2Se3, and Sb2 (S, Se) 3
have obtained considerable progress, with efficiency up to 7.5%, 9.2%, and 7.82 …

Benchmark performance of low-cost Sb2Se3 photocathodes for unassisted solar overall water splitting

W Yang, JH Kim, OS Hutter, LJ Phillips, J Tan… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Determining cost-effective semiconductors exhibiting desirable properties for commercial
photoelectrochemical water splitting remains a challenge. Herein, we report a Sb2Se3 …

Review of recent progress in antimony chalcogenide‐based solar cells: materials and devices

H Lei, J Chen, Z Tan, G Fang - Solar Rrl, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Antimony chalcogenides such as Sb2S3, Sb2Se3, and Sb2 (SxSe1− x) 3 have emerged as
very promising alternative solar absorber materials due to their high stability, abundant …

Highly efficient and stable planar heterojunction solar cell based on sputtered and post-selenized Sb2Se3 thin film

R Tang, ZH Zheng, ZH Su, XJ Li, YD Wei, XH Zhang… - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Antimony selenide (Sb 2 Se 3) is regarded as one of the key alternative absorber
materials for conventional thin film solar cells due to its excellent optical and electrical …

Quasi-Vertically Oriented Sb2Se3 Thin-Film Solar Cells with Open-Circuit Voltage Exceeding 500 mV Prepared via Close-Space Sublimation and Selenization

P Fan, GJ Chen, S Chen, ZH Zheng… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Sb2Se3, one of the most desirable absorption materials for next-generation thin-film solar
cells, has an excellent photovoltaic characteristic. The [hk1]-oriented (quasi-vertically …

The role of dimensionality on the optoelectronic properties of oxide and halide perovskites, and their halide derivatives

RLZ Hoye, J Hidalgo, RA Jagt… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Halide perovskite semiconductors have risen to prominence in photovoltaics and light‐
emitting diodes (LEDs), but traditional oxide perovskites, which overcome the stability …

Emerging inorganic compound thin film photovoltaic materials: Progress, challenges and strategies

F Liu, Q Zeng, J Li, X Hao, A Ho-Baillie, J Tang… - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
The efficient conversion of solar energy to electricity for human utilization heavily relies on
the development of solar cells. Nowadays, a variety of high-performance solar cells are …