Sb2Se3 Thin‐Film Solar Cells Exceeding 10% Power Conversion Efficiency Enabled by Injection Vapor Deposition Technology

Z Duan, X Liang, Y Feng, H Ma, B Liang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Binary Sb2Se3 semiconductors are promising as the absorber materials in
inorganic chalcogenide compound photovoltaics due to their attractive anisotropic …

9.2%-efficient core-shell structured antimony selenide nanorod array solar cells

Z Li, X Liang, G Li, H Liu, H Zhang, J Guo… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Antimony selenide (Sb2Se3) has a one-dimensional (1D) crystal structure
comprising of covalently bonded (Sb4Se6) n ribbons stacking together through van der …

Epitaxial growth of vertically aligned antimony selenide nanorod arrays for heterostructure based self‐powered photodetector

Y Cao, P Qu, C Wang, J Zhou, M Li, X Yu… - Advanced Optical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Antimony selenide (Sb2Se3) has garnered significant attention with its
extraordinary optical and optoelectronic properties for optical and optoelectronic devices …

Performance enhancement of Sb2Se3 solar cell using a back surface field layer: a numerical simulation approach

SR Al Ahmed, A Sunny, S Rahman - Solar Energy Materials and Solar …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present work, antimony selenide (Sb 2 Se 3)-based solar cell with a back surface field
(BSF) layer has been designed and studied. The purpose of this research is to improve the …

Complicated and Unconventional Defect Properties of the Quasi-One-Dimensional Photovoltaic Semiconductor Sb2Se3

M Huang, P Xu, D Han, J Tang… - ACS applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
It was expected that the properties of intrinsic point defects would be simple in the binary
semiconductor Sb2Se3. However, we show using first-principles calculations that the …

Towards high efficiency inverted Sb2Se3 thin film solar cells

Y Cao, X Zhu, H Chen, X Zhang, J Zhouc, Z Hu… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sb 2 Se 3 as a rising star semiconducting material with a bandgap of 1.1 eV has played a
role of the absorber in the thin film solar cells. Regular device architectures such as metal …

Design of a highly efficient CdTe-based dual-heterojunction solar cell with 44% predicted efficiency

A Kuddus, ABM Ismail, J Hossain - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this article, we theoretically demonstrate highly efficient cadmium telluride (CdTe)-based
dual-heterojunction solar cells (DHSCs) with incorporating cadmium selenide (CdSe) and …

The complex defect chemistry of antimony selenide

CN Savory, DO Scanlon - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Antimony selenide, Sb2Se3, is a highly promising solar absorber material with excellent
optoelectronic properties; solar cell efficiencies are now poised to exceed 10%, after a rapid …

Isotype Heterojunction Solar Cells Using n-Type Sb2Se3 Thin Films

TDC Hobson, LJ Phillips, OS Hutter, H Shiel… - Chemistry of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The carrier-type of the emerging photovoltaic Sb2Se3 was evaluated for both thin films and
bulk crystals via a range of complementary techniques. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy …

Improvement in Sb2Se3 Solar Cell Efficiency through Band Alignment Engineering at the Buffer/Absorber Interface

G Li, Z Li, X Liang, C Guo, K Shen… - ACS applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Energy band alignment plays an important role in heterojunction thin-film solar cells. In this
work, we report the application of ternary Cd x Zn1–x S buffer layers in antimony selenide …