Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 23, 2331002(2022)
Design and Defect Analysis of Sb2S3 Homojunction Thin Film Solar Cells
Antimony sulfide (Sb2S3) thin films possess n-type and p-type conductivity. Design and defect analysis on promising light-harvesting material Sb2S3 homojunction solar cells with various electron transport layers and hole transport layers are performed by using wxAMPS. The device structure consisting of glass/FTO/ZnS/(n)Sb2S3/(p)Sb2S3/Spiro-OMeTAD/Au is proposed. In Sb2S3 homojunction solar cells, a built-in electric field is formed that increase the bending of the energy band and therefore leads to the increase of open-circuit voltage. Bulk defects in the (p)Sb2S3 have stronger impact on the device performance than that in the (n)Sb2S3, but defects at ZnS/(n)Sb2S3 interface and (p)Sb2S3/Spiro-OMeTAD interface have the same effects on device performance. When the bulk defect density in (n)Sb2S3 and (p)Sb2S3 is 1015 cm-3, and the interface defect density at ZnS/(n)Sb2S3 interface and (p)Sb2S3/Spiro-OMeTAD interface is 109 cm-2, then the optimized conversion efficiency of the solar cells can reach 23.96%. Simulation results show that device design with Sb2S3 based homojunction is an effective structure to achieve highly efficient solar cells.
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Youpeng Xiao, Huaiping Wang. Design and Defect Analysis of Sb2S3 Homojunction Thin Film Solar Cells[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(23): 2331002
Category: Thin Films
Received: Mar. 4, 2022
Accepted: Jun. 13, 2022
Published Online: Dec. 14, 2022
The Author Email: Xiao Youpeng (xiaoypnc@ecut.edu.cn)