Affiliation:
1. Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering Shenzhen University Shenzhen Guangdong 518060 China
2. State Key Laboratory of Featured Metal Materials and Life‐cycle Safety for Composite Structures MOE Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metals and Materials School of Resources Environment and Materials Guangxi University Nanning Guangxi 530004 China
3. CNRS ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes) UMR 6226, Université de Rennes Rennes F‐35000 France
Abstract
AbstractAntimony selenide (Sb2Se3) is a highly promising photovoltaic material thanks to its outstanding optoelectronic properties, as well as its cost‐effective and eco‐friendly merits. However, toxic CdS is widely used as an electron transport layer (ETL) in efficient Sb2Se3 solar cells, which largely limit their development toward market commercialization. Herein, an effective green Cd‐free ETL of SnOx is introduced and deposited by atomic layer deposition method. Additionally, an important post‐annealing treatment is designed to further optimize the functional layers and the heterojunction interface properties. Such engineering strategy can optimize SnOx ETL with higher nano‐crystallinity, higher carrier density, and less defect groups, modify Sb2Se3/SnOx heterojunction with better interface performance and much desirable “spike‐like” band alignment, and also improve the Sb2Se3 light absorber layer quality with passivated bulk defects and prolonged carrier lifetime, and therefore to enhance carrier separation and transport while suppressing non‐radiative recombination. Finally, the as‐fabricated Cd‐free Mo/Sb2Se3/SnOx/ITO/Ag thin‐film solar cell exhibits a stimulating efficiency of 7.39%, contributing a record value for Cd‐free substrate structured Sb2Se3 solar cells reported to date. This work provides a viable strategy for developing and broadening practical applications of environmental‐friendly Sb2Se3 photovoltaic devices.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Biomaterials,Biotechnology,General Materials Science,General Chemistry