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- Title
Efficient Nanostructured TiO<sub>2</sub>/SnS Heterojunction Solar Cells.
- Authors
Yun, Hyun‐Sung; Park, Byung‐wook; Choi, Yong Chan; Im, Jino; Shin, Tae Joo; Seok, Sang Il
- Abstract
Tin sulfide (SnS) is one of the most promising solar cell materials, as it is abundant, environment friendly, available at low cost, and offers long‐term stability. However, the highest efficiency of the SnS solar cell reported so far remains at 4.36% even using the expensive atomic layer deposition process. This study reports on the fabrication of SnS solar cells by a solution process that employs rapid thermal treatment for few seconds under Ar gas flow after spin‐coating a precursor solution of SnCl2 and thiourea dissolved in dimethylformamide onto a nanostructured thin TiO2 electrode. The best‐performing cell exhibits power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 3.8% under 1 sun radiation conditions (AM1.5G). Moreover, secondary treatment using SnCl2 results in a significant improvement of 4.8% in PCE, which is one of the highest efficiencies among SnS‐based solar cells, especially with TiO2 electrodes. The thin film properties of SnS after SnCl2 secondary treatment are analyzed using grazing‐incidence wide‐angle X‐ray scattering, and high‐resolution transmittance electron microscopy.
- Subjects
SOLAR cells; SOLAR cell design; SILICON solar cells; ATOMIC layer deposition; SOLAR radiation; SOLAR cell efficiency
- Publication
Advanced Energy Materials, 2019, Vol 9, Issue 35, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1614-6832
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/aenm.201901343