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Title: Co-optimization of SnS absorber and Zn(O,S) buffer materials for improved solar cells: SnS absorber and Zn(O,S) buffer materials for improved solar cells

Abstract

Thin-film solar cells consisting of earth-abundant and non-toxic materials were created from pulsed chemical vapor deposition (pulsed-CVD) of SnS as the p-type absorber layer and atomic layer deposition (ALD) of Zn(O,S) as the n-type buffer layer. The effects of deposition temperature and annealing conditions of the SnS absorber layer were investigated for solar cells with a structure of Mo/SnS/Zn(O,S)/ZnO/ITO. Solar cells were further optimized by varying the stoichiometry of Zn(O,S) and the annealing conditions of SnS. Post-deposition annealing in pure hydrogen sulfide improved crystallinity and increased the carrier mobility by one order of magnitude, and a power conversion efficiency up to 2.9% was achieved.

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  1. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
  2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
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Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office; National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1557830
Grant/Contract Number:  
EE0005329
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Progress in Photovoltaics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 23; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 1062-7995
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; SnS thin‐film solar cell; zinc oxysulfide; buffer layer; atomic layer deposition; pulsed‐chemical vapor deposition

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Park, Helen Hejin, Heasley, Rachel, Sun, Leizhi, Steinmann, Vera, Jaramillo, Rafael, Hartman, Katy, Chakraborty, Rupak, Sinsermsuksakul, Prasert, Chua, Danny, Buonassisi, Tonio, and Gordon, Roy G. Co-optimization of SnS absorber and Zn(O,S) buffer materials for improved solar cells: SnS absorber and Zn(O,S) buffer materials for improved solar cells. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1002/pip.2504.
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Park, Helen Hejin, Heasley, Rachel, Sun, Leizhi, Steinmann, Vera, Jaramillo, Rafael, Hartman, Katy, Chakraborty, Rupak, Sinsermsuksakul, Prasert, Chua, Danny, Buonassisi, Tonio, & Gordon, Roy G. Co-optimization of SnS absorber and Zn(O,S) buffer materials for improved solar cells: SnS absorber and Zn(O,S) buffer materials for improved solar cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2504
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Park, Helen Hejin, Heasley, Rachel, Sun, Leizhi, Steinmann, Vera, Jaramillo, Rafael, Hartman, Katy, Chakraborty, Rupak, Sinsermsuksakul, Prasert, Chua, Danny, Buonassisi, Tonio, and Gordon, Roy G. Mon . "Co-optimization of SnS absorber and Zn(O,S) buffer materials for improved solar cells: SnS absorber and Zn(O,S) buffer materials for improved solar cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2504. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1557830.
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@article{osti_1557830,
title = {Co-optimization of SnS absorber and Zn(O,S) buffer materials for improved solar cells: SnS absorber and Zn(O,S) buffer materials for improved solar cells},
author = {Park, Helen Hejin and Heasley, Rachel and Sun, Leizhi and Steinmann, Vera and Jaramillo, Rafael and Hartman, Katy and Chakraborty, Rupak and Sinsermsuksakul, Prasert and Chua, Danny and Buonassisi, Tonio and Gordon, Roy G.},
abstractNote = {Thin-film solar cells consisting of earth-abundant and non-toxic materials were created from pulsed chemical vapor deposition (pulsed-CVD) of SnS as the p-type absorber layer and atomic layer deposition (ALD) of Zn(O,S) as the n-type buffer layer. The effects of deposition temperature and annealing conditions of the SnS absorber layer were investigated for solar cells with a structure of Mo/SnS/Zn(O,S)/ZnO/ITO. Solar cells were further optimized by varying the stoichiometry of Zn(O,S) and the annealing conditions of SnS. Post-deposition annealing in pure hydrogen sulfide improved crystallinity and increased the carrier mobility by one order of magnitude, and a power conversion efficiency up to 2.9% was achieved.},
doi = {10.1002/pip.2504},
journal = {Progress in Photovoltaics},
number = 7,
volume = 23,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Mon May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}
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