• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 42, Issue 23, 2331002 (2022)
Youpeng Xiao* and Huaiping Wang
Author Affiliations
  • Engineering Research Center of Nuclear Technology Application, Ministry of Education, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi , China
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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 Copy Citation Text show less
    Device structure in numerical simulation. (a) (n)Sb2S3 heterojunction thin film solar cell; (b) (p)Sb2S3 heterojunction thin film solar cell; (c) (n)Sb2S3/(p)Sb2S3 homojunction thin film solar cell
    Fig. 1. Device structure in numerical simulation. (a) (n)Sb2S3 heterojunction thin film solar cell; (b) (p)Sb2S3 heterojunction thin film solar cell; (c) (n)Sb2S3/(p)Sb2S3 homojunction thin film solar cell
    Sb2S3 homojunction solar cells with different ETLs. (a) J-V curves; (b) quantum efficiency
    Fig. 2. Sb2S3 homojunction solar cells with different ETLs. (a) J-V curves; (b) quantum efficiency
    Sb2S3 homojunction solar cells with different HTLs. (a) J-V curve; (b) quantum efficiency
    Fig. 3. Sb2S3 homojunction solar cells with different HTLs. (a) J-V curve; (b) quantum efficiency
    Performance of three kinds of Sb2S3 solar cells. (a) J-V curves; (b) quantum efficiency; (c) energy band structure
    Fig. 4. Performance of three kinds of Sb2S3 solar cells. (a) J-V curves; (b) quantum efficiency; (c) energy band structure
    Effects of bulk defect density on device performance parameters. (a) Voc; (b) Jsc;(c) FF;(d) η
    Fig. 5. Effects of bulk defect density on device performance parameters. (a) Voc; (b) Jsc;(c) FF;(d) η
    Effects of defect density at interface on device performance parameters. (a) Voc; (b) Jsc; (c) FF;(d) η
    Fig. 6. Effects of defect density at interface on device performance parameters. (a) Voc; (b) Jsc; (c) FF;(d) η
    ParameterFTO(n)Sb2S3(p)Sb2S3
    Thickness /µm0.50.10.5
    εr9.007.087.08
    χ /eV4.003.723.72
    Eg /eV3.51.71.7
    NA /(1016 cm-3004.08
    ND /(1017 cm-3200.04.70
    Nc /(1018 cm-32.220.020.0
    Nv /(1019 cm-31.81.01.0
    µn /(cm2·V-1·s-120.09.89.8
    µp /(cm2·V-1·s-1101010
    Nt /cm-31015VariableVariable
    Table 1. Basic material parameters used in numerical simulation
    ParameterZnOCdSSnO2TiO2ZnS
    Thickness /µm0.060.060.060.060.06
    εr999109
    χ /eV4.404.204.003.903.44
    Eg /eV3.32.43.63.23.6
    NA /cm-300000
    ND /(1016 cm-3100100101004
    Nc /(1018 cm-32.22.218.022.018.0
    Nv /(1019 cm-31.81.82.41.82.4
    µn /(cm2·V-1·s-110100240100100
    µp /(cm2·V-1·s-12.525252525
    Nt /(1015 cm-311111
    Table 2. Material parameters of EHLs
    ParameterNiOxCuICuSCNCu2OSpiro-OMeTAD
    Thickness /µm0.050.050.050.050.15
    εr11.006.5010.007.113.00
    χ /eV1.462.101.903.202.45
    Eg /eV3.602.983.402.173.00
    NA /(1018 cm-311112
    ND /cm-300000
    Nc /(1017 cm-31602801702220
    Nv /(1019 cm-31.11.0250.01.11.8
    µn /(cm2·V-1·s-1501002×10-42001.7×10-4
    µp /(cm2·V-1·s-15043.90.2802×10-4
    Nt /(1015 cm-311111
    Table 3. Material parameters of HTLs
    ETLVoc /VJsc /(mA·cm-2FF /%η /%
    ZnO1.1515.1674.9813.13
    CdS1.1615.6580.9914.65
    SnO21.1616.0281.9115.20
    TiO21.1718.2882.6117.60
    ZnS1.1820.3382.7919.84
    Table 4. Performance parameters of Sb2S3 homojunction solar cells with different ETLs
    HTLVoc /V

    Jsc /

    (mA·cm-2

    FF /%η /%
    NiOx1.1718.9781.4618.09
    CuI1.1719.0081.4518.09
    CuSCN1.1719.7182.1819.00
    Cu2O1.1820.3382.7919.84
    Spiro-OMeTAD1.1820.5782.7620.15
    Table 5. Performance parameters of Sb2S3 homojunction solar cells with different HTLs
    StructureVoc /V

    Jsc /

    (mA·cm-2

    FF /%η /%
    (n)Sb2S31.1010.7978.568.60
    (p)Sb2S31.0420.4271.5415.22
    (n)Sb2S3/(p)Sb2S31.1920.6683.0420.34
    Table 6. Performance parameters of Sb2S3 solar cells with different structures
    Youpeng Xiao, Huaiping Wang. Design and Defect Analysis of Sb2S3 Homojunction Thin Film Solar Cells[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(23): 2331002
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