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Thermally Deposited Sb(2)Se(3)/CdS-Based Solar Cell: Experimental and Theoretical Analysis
As a promising solar absorber material, antimony selenide (Sb(2)Se(3)) has gained popularity. However, a lack of knowledge regarding material and device physics has slowed the rapid growth of Sb(2)Se(3)-based devices. This study compares the experimental and computational analysis of the photovoltai...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10056391/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36986029 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13061135 |
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author | Mamta, Kumari, Raman Yadav, Chandan Kumar, Rahul Maurya, Kamlesh Kumar Singh, Vidya Nand |
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description | As a promising solar absorber material, antimony selenide (Sb(2)Se(3)) has gained popularity. However, a lack of knowledge regarding material and device physics has slowed the rapid growth of Sb(2)Se(3)-based devices. This study compares the experimental and computational analysis of the photovoltaic performance of Sb(2)Se(3)-/CdS-based solar cells. We construct a specific device that may be produced in any lab using the thermal evaporation technique. Experimentally, efficiency is improved from 0.96% to 1.36% by varying the absorber’s thickness. Experimental information on Sb(2)Se(3), such as the band gap and thickness, is used in the simulation to check the performance of the device after the optimization of various other parameters, including the series and shunt resistance, and a theoretical maximum efficiency of 4.42% is achieved. Further, the device’s efficiency is improved to 11.27% by optimizing the various parameters of the active layer. It thus is demonstrated that the band gap and thickness of active layers strongly affect the overall performance of a photovoltaic device. |
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spelling | pubmed-100563912023-03-30 Thermally Deposited Sb(2)Se(3)/CdS-Based Solar Cell: Experimental and Theoretical Analysis Mamta, Kumari, Raman Yadav, Chandan Kumar, Rahul Maurya, Kamlesh Kumar Singh, Vidya Nand Nanomaterials (Basel) Article As a promising solar absorber material, antimony selenide (Sb(2)Se(3)) has gained popularity. However, a lack of knowledge regarding material and device physics has slowed the rapid growth of Sb(2)Se(3)-based devices. This study compares the experimental and computational analysis of the photovoltaic performance of Sb(2)Se(3)-/CdS-based solar cells. We construct a specific device that may be produced in any lab using the thermal evaporation technique. Experimentally, efficiency is improved from 0.96% to 1.36% by varying the absorber’s thickness. Experimental information on Sb(2)Se(3), such as the band gap and thickness, is used in the simulation to check the performance of the device after the optimization of various other parameters, including the series and shunt resistance, and a theoretical maximum efficiency of 4.42% is achieved. Further, the device’s efficiency is improved to 11.27% by optimizing the various parameters of the active layer. It thus is demonstrated that the band gap and thickness of active layers strongly affect the overall performance of a photovoltaic device. MDPI 2023-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10056391/ /pubmed/36986029 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13061135 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Mamta, Kumari, Raman Yadav, Chandan Kumar, Rahul Maurya, Kamlesh Kumar Singh, Vidya Nand Thermally Deposited Sb(2)Se(3)/CdS-Based Solar Cell: Experimental and Theoretical Analysis |
title | Thermally Deposited Sb(2)Se(3)/CdS-Based Solar Cell: Experimental and Theoretical Analysis |
title_full | Thermally Deposited Sb(2)Se(3)/CdS-Based Solar Cell: Experimental and Theoretical Analysis |
title_fullStr | Thermally Deposited Sb(2)Se(3)/CdS-Based Solar Cell: Experimental and Theoretical Analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Thermally Deposited Sb(2)Se(3)/CdS-Based Solar Cell: Experimental and Theoretical Analysis |
title_short | Thermally Deposited Sb(2)Se(3)/CdS-Based Solar Cell: Experimental and Theoretical Analysis |
title_sort | thermally deposited sb(2)se(3)/cds-based solar cell: experimental and theoretical analysis |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10056391/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36986029 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13061135 |
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