Replacement of the toxic, expensive and scarce materials with nontoxic, cheap and earth-abundant one, in solar cell absorber layer, is immensely needed to realize the vision of green and sustainable energy. Two-micrometre-thin antimony sulphide film is considered to be adequate as an absorbing layer in solar cell applications.
Two-micrometre-thin antimony sulphide film is considered to be adequate as an absorbing layer in solar cell applications. In this paper, we synthesize antimony sulphide thin films on glass substrate by physical vapour deposition technique, and the obtained films were then annealed at different temperatures (150–250 °C).
Correspondence to N. Ali or R. Ahmed. Ali, N., Hussain, A., Ahmed, R. et al. Antimony sulphide, an absorber layer for solar cell application. Appl. Phys.
Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and Wuhan University have developed a solar cell based on antimony selenosulfide (Sb2 (S,Se)3). They claim the new cell is the most efficient PV device ever to be built based on antimony.
They improved the quality of the antimony selenosulfide films by using alkali metal fluorides. Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and Wuhan University have developed a solar cell based on antimony selenosulfide (Sb2 (S,Se)3).
In this paper, we synthesize antimony sulphide thin films on glass substrate by physical vapour deposition technique, and the obtained films were then annealed at different temperatures (150–250 °C). The as-deposited and annealed samples were investigated for structural and optoelectronic properties using different characterization techniques.