Fabrication of SnS solar cells via facile nanoparticle synthesis based on non-toxic solvents

Na Kyoung Youn; Hyo Rim Jung; Jihye Gwak; Ara Cho; Se Jin Ahn; Seung Kyu Ahn; Jin Hyeok Kim; Young Joo Eo; Dong Hwan Kim

doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2018.06.009

Fabrication of SnS solar cells via facile nanoparticle synthesis based on non-toxic solvents

Na Kyoung Youn, Hyo Rim Jung, Jihye Gwak, Ara Cho, Se Jin Ahn, Seung Kyu Ahn, Jin Hyeok Kim, Young Joo Eo, Dong Hwan Kim

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Abstract

Tin monosulfide (SnS) thin film is one of the most promising absorbers layer for high efficiency solar cells using low cost earth-abundant materials. To fabricate high quality SnS thin films, a simple nanoparticle based approach was employed in this work for phase pure material preparation using non-toxic solvents. Uniform SnS thin films were fabricated via a spin-coating process using phase pure SnS-ORT nanoparticle precursor solutions based on a methanol solvent, followed by post-annealing for grain growth. SnS thin film solar cells were then fabricated and their photovoltaic performance was characterized. The best SnS solar cell fabricated with the as-prepared SnS films with a band gap energy of ~1.25 eV showed a conversion efficiency of 0.12%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	294-300
Number of pages	7
Journal	Thin Solid Films
Volume	660
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2018.06.009
Publication status	Published - 2018 Aug 30

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Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Technology Development Program to Solve Climate Changes of the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning ( NRF-2016M1A2A2936753 ). This work was also conducted partly under the framework of the Research and Development Program of the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) ( B7-2421 ). Furthermore, this work was supported by the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP), granted financial resource from the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea (No. 20173010012980 , 20163030013760 , and 20163010012430 ).

Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Technology Development Program to Solve Climate Changes of the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (NRF-2016M1A2A2936753). This work was also conducted partly under the framework of the Research and Development Program of the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) (B7-2421). Furthermore, this work was supported by the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP), granted financial resource from the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea (No. 20173010012980, 20163030013760, and 20163010012430).

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© 2018 Elsevier B.V.

Keywords

Nanoparticle
Non-vacuum
Rapid thermal annealing
Thin film
Thin film solar cell
Tin sulfide (SnS)

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Surfaces and Interfaces
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry

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