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 |
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Pages (from-to) | 294-300 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Thin Solid Films |
Volume | 660 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 Aug 30 |
Bibliographical note
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).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier B.V.
Keywords
- Nanoparticle
- Non-vacuum
- Rapid thermal annealing
- Thin film
- Thin film solar cell
- Tin sulfide (SnS)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Surfaces and Interfaces
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films
- Metals and Alloys
- Materials Chemistry