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 on advancements, challenges, and prospective of copper and non-copper based thin-film solar cells using facile spray pyrolysis technique

K Vijayan, SP Vijayachamundeeswari, K Sivaperuman… - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The indispensability and innovations in thin-film-based solar cells are gaining attention
among researchers due to their tremendous growth as a sustainable energy source. The …

Regulating deposition kinetics via a novel additive-assisted chemical bath deposition technology enables fabrication of 10.57%-efficiency Sb 2 Se 3 solar cells

Y Zhao, S Wang, C Li, B Che, X Chen… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthesizing high-quality films with superior morphological, electrical, and defect properties
is the basic requirement for obtaining high-efficiency solar cells. Recently, Sb2Se3 has been …

Heterojunction annealing enabling record open‐circuit voltage in antimony triselenide solar cells

R Tang, S Chen, ZH Zheng, ZH Su, JT Luo… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the fact that antimony triselenide (Sb2Se3) thin‐film solar cells have undergone
rapid development in recent years, the large open‐circuit voltage (VOC) deficit still remains …

Perovskite solar cells based on spiro-OMeTAD stabilized with an alkylthiol additive

X Liu, B Zheng, L Shi, S Zhou, J Xu, Z Liu, JS Yun… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Spiro-OMeTAD, one of the most widely used hole-transport materials (HTMs) in
optoelectronic devices, typically requires chemical doping with a lithium compound (LiTFSI) …

Regulating Energy Band Alignment via Alkaline Metal Fluoride Assisted Solution Post‐Treatment Enabling Sb2(S,Se)3 Solar Cells with 10.7% Efficiency

Y Zhao, S Wang, C Jiang, C Li, P Xiao… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Continuously boosting the power conversion efficiency (PCE) and delving deeper into its
functionalities are essential problems faced by the very new antimony selenosulfide (Sb2 (S …

[HTML][HTML] Revealing composition and structure dependent deep-level defect in antimony trisulfide photovoltaics

W Lian, C Jiang, Y Yin, R Tang, G Li, L Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Antimony trisulfide (Sb2S3) is a kind of emerging light-harvesting material with
excellent stability and abundant elemental storage. Due to the quasi-one-dimensional …

Solvent‐Assisted Hydrothermal Deposition Approach for Highly‐Efficient Sb2(S,Se)3 Thin‐Film Solar Cells

X Chen, B Che, Y Zhao, S Wang, H Li… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Antimony chalcogenides (Sb2 (SxSe1− x) 3, 0< x< 1) have recently gained
popularity due to their excellent photoelectric properties. As a newcomer to thin‐film solar …

Grain Engineering of Sb2S3 Thin Films to Enable Efficient Planar Solar Cells with High Open‐Circuit Voltage

X Liu, Z Cai, L Wan, P Xiao, B Che, J Yang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sb2S3 is a promising environmentally friendly semiconductor for high performance solar
cells. But, like many other polycrystalline materials, Sb2S3 is limited by nonradiative …

Band Gap and Defect Engineering for High‐Performance Cadmium‐free Sb2(S,Se)3 Solar Cells and Modules

C Liu, S Wu, Y Gao, Y Feng, X Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
High‐efficiency antimony selenosulfide (Sb2 (S, Se) 3) solar cells are often fabricated by
hydrothermal deposition and also comprise a CdS buffer layer. Whereas the use of toxic …