Efficient and Stable Planar n–i–p Sb2Se3 Solar Cells Enabled by Oriented 1D Trigonal Selenium Structures

Autor: Kai Shen, Yu Zhang, Xiaoqing Wang, Chizhu Ou, Fei Guo, Hongbing Zhu, Cong Liu, Yanyan Gao, Ruud E. I. Schropp, Zhiqiang Li, Xianhu Liu, Yaohua Mai
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Advanced Science, Vol 7, Iss 16, Pp n/a-n/a (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2198-3844
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202001013
Popis: Abstract Environmentally benign and potentially cost‐effective Sb2Se3 solar cells have drawn much attention by continuously achieving new efficiency records. This article reports a compatible strategy to enhance the efficiency of planar n–i–p Sb2Se3 solar cells through Sb2Se3 surface modification and an architecture with oriented 1D van der Waals material, trigonal selenium (t‐Se). A seed layer assisted successive close spaced sublimation (CSS) is developed to fabricate highly crystalline Sb2Se3 absorbers. It is found that the Sb2Se3 absorber exhibits a Se‐deficient surface and negative surface band bending. Reactive Se is innovatively introduced to compensate the surface Se deficiency and form an (101) oriented 1D t‐Se interlayer. The p‐type t‐Se layer promotes a favored band alignment and band bending at the Sb2Se3/t‐Se interface, and functionally works as a surface passivation and hole transport material, which significantly suppresses interface recombination and enhances carrier extraction efficiency. An efficiency of 7.45% is obtained in a planar Sb2Se3 solar cell in superstrate n–i–p configuration, which is the highest efficiency for planar Sb2Se3 solar cells prepared by CSS. The all‐inorganic Sb2Se3 solar cell with t‐Se shows superb stability, retaining ≈98% of the initial efficiency after 40 days storage in open air without encapsulation.
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