Solar cells containing antimony

Energy band alignment for Cd-free antimony triselenide substrate ...

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New design for antimony trisulfide solar cells promises 30

An international research team has outlined a new design for solar cells based on antimony trisulfide (Sb 2 S 3) that can reportedly result in 30% higher efficiency compared to existing Sb 2 S 3 ...

Silver antimony sulfide-selenide for thin film solar cells

Thin films of AgSbS2 (150 nm) are prepared (75 min at 40 °C) via chemical deposition using a solution mixture containing SbCl3, Na2S2O3 and AgNO3. As-deposited films are amorphous. When they are heated in nitrogen at 180-320 °C, crystalline cubic-AgSbS2 films are formed. They show an optical band gap 1.89 eV and photoconductivity …

Heteroleptic Tin-Antimony Sulfoiodide for Stable and Lead-free Solar Cells

The current solar cells have one or several disadvantages, such as low efficiency, low stability, toxic Pb, and high cost. Here, solar cells based on tin-antimony sulfoiodide (Sn2SbS2I3) are fabricated for the first time, obtaining a power conversion efficiency of 4.04%. Sn2SbS2I3 shows a suitable band gap (1.41 eV) for applications in …

Sb2S3 Thin-Film Solar Cells Fabricated from an …

In broad terms, the cutting-edge development of Sb 2 S 3 solar cells has split into three main directions: maximizing solar cell efficiency for standalone applications, maximizing the ratio of solar cell efficiency to …

Boosting VOC of antimony chalcogenide solar cells: A …

Presently, a record certified power conversion efficiency of 10.5% has been demonstrated for antimony chalcogenide solar cells, which is …

Prospect for Bismuth/Antimony Chalcohalides-Based …

The corresponding solar cells, with the BiSCl nanorods oriented vertically to the surface of a TiO 2 porous film, exhibit a PCE of 1.36% and a relatively large J SC of 9.87 mA cm −2, revealing the potential of the BiSCl …

The Truth about Dangerous Chemicals in Solar Panels

The back of the solar panel contains a junction box with wiring that channels the electricity into a positive and negative output. When being recycled, the solar panels aluminum frame is easiest to recycle. Recycling companies take off the panel frame and the junction box to recover the aluminum and copper, which are some of the most …

Recent Progress in Fabrication of Antimony/Bismuth ...

In this review, we summarize the recent progress on solar cells based on antimony/bismuth (Sb/Bi) chalcohalides, representing Sb/Bi non-perovskite semiconductors containing chalcogenides and halides. Two types of ternary and quaternary chalcohalides are described, with their classification predicated on the fabrication method.

9.2%-efficient core-shell structured antimony selenide nanorod …

Nature Communications - Antimony selenide is a promising thin film solar cell absorber material in which grain orientation is crucial for high device performance. …

Gradient bandgap modification for highly efficient carrier …

Therefore, SbSSe solar cells are suitable as the mid-cells. A best simulated triple-junction solar cell (TJSC) based on antimony chalcogenide obtained a conversion efficiency of 32.98% [39]. ... Next, Se containing organic solution were coated over Sb 2 S 3 film. Owing to the evaporation of ethylenediamine during annealing, ...

Efficient and Stable Antimony Selenoiodide Solar …

Although antimony selenoiodide (SbSeI) exhibits a suitable bandgap as well as interesting physicochemical properties, it has not been applied to solar cells. Here the fabrication of SbSeI solar cells is …

Air-Stable Lead-Free Antimony-Based Perovskite Inspired Solar Cells …

First, we introduced two cations in the precursor mixture, which improved power conversion efficiencies (PCE = 1.5%) of antimony (Sb)-based MA 1.5 Cs 1.5 Sb 2 I 3 Cl 6 solar cells by 81% compared to conventional Cs-only counterparts. ISOS-D-1 stability was also boosted by 60%, with a loss of only 10% after ∼1800 h of aging in the air.

Boosting VOC of antimony chalcogenide solar cells: A review on ...

Antimony chalcogenides, including Sb 2 S 3, Sb 2 Se 3, and Sb 2 (S,Se) 3, have been developed as attractive non-toxic and earth-abundant solar absorber candidates among the thin-film photovoltaic devices.Presently, a record certified power conversion efficiency of 10.5% has been demonstrated for antimony chalcogenide solar cells, which is …

Recent Progress in Fabrication of Antimony/Bismuth …

In this review, we summarize the recent progress on solar cells based on antimony/bismuth (Sb/Bi) chalcohalides, representing Sb/Bi non-perovskite semiconductors containing chalcogenides and halides. Two types of ternary and quaternary chalcohalides are described, with their classification predicated on the fabrication method.

Solar cells with Sb2S3 absorber films

Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Solar cells with Sb2S3 absorber films" by S. Messina et al. ... Thin films of antimony sulfide have been deposited from chemical baths containing antimony trichloride and sodium thiosulfate maintained at 10 C. Upon annealing in nitrogen at 300 C for 1 h, the …

Recent Progress in Fabrication of Antimony/Bismuth ...

In this review, we summarize the recent progress on solar cells based on antimony/bismuth (Sb/Bi) chalcohalides, representing Sb/Bi non-perovskite …

Recent Progress in Fabrication of Antimony/Bismuth …

In this review, we summarize the recent progress on solar cells based on antimony/bismuth (Sb/Bi) chalcohalides, representing Sb/Bi non-perovskite semiconductors containing chalcogenides and halides. …

Defect control for high efficiency antimony selenosulfide solar cells ...

Antimony selenosulfide (Sb 2 (S,Se) 3) reveals excellent optoelectronic characteristics, positioning it as a propitious light-absorbing substance with potential applications in photovoltaic technology.However, a multitude of deep-level defects significantly limit the efficiency of Sb 2 (S,Se) 3 solar cells. In this study, the density of …

Antimony Sulfide Absorbers in Solar Cells

Sb 2 S 3 is a layered semiconducting material with an orthorhombic crystal structure containing 20 atoms per unit cell ... (FTO) film was used in antimony sulfide solar cell: FTO/AZMO/Sb2S3/C-Ag ...

Enhanced interface properties of solution-processed antimony …

Although antimony sulfide (Sb 2 S 3) has become a promising photovoltaic material, the performance of Sb 2 S 3 planar solar cells is pinned by the charge recombination and interface defects of Sb 2 S 3 thin film . Herein, n-type indium sulfide (In 2 S 3) serving as the buffer layer between TiO 2 and the Sb 2 S 3 layers was …

Air-Stable Lead-Free Antimony-Based Perovskite …

First, we introduced two cations in the precursor mixture, which improved power conversion efficiencies (PCE = 1.5%) of antimony (Sb)-based MA 1.5 Cs 1.5 Sb 2 I 3 Cl 6 solar cells by 81% compared to …

Solution-processed antimony chalcogenides based thin film solar cells ...

The use of antimony chalcogenide as an absorber in solid-state sensitized solar cells has extended the interest of researchers during the late 20th century (Agarwal et al., 2020).Sb 2 S 3 based photo electrochemical solar cell was first reported by Savadogo and Mandal (Savadogo and Mandal, 1993, Savadogo and Mandal, 1992) in 1992.They …

Solar Photovoltaic Technology Basics | NREL

III-V solar cells are mainly constructed from elements in Group III—e.g., gallium and indium—and Group V—e.g., arsenic and antimony—of the periodic table. These solar cells are generally much more expensive to manufacture than other technologies. But they convert sunlight into electricity at much higher efficiencies. Because of this ...

Antimony sulfide-selenide thin film solar cells produced from …

Locally sourced powdered stibnite containing some quartzite (SiO2) and ferrosilite (FeSiO3) has been used in this work as evaporation source for vacuum deposition of thin film solar cells ...

Panchromatic heterojunction solar cells for Pb-free all-inorganic ...

Boopathi et al. explored Sb perovskites for their applications in solar cells [8]; they found that solar cells based on the perovskite containing methylammonium …

Development of antimony sulfide–selenide Sb2(S, Se)3-based solar cells …

Antimony sulfide–selenide Sb 2 (S, Se) 3, including Sb 2 S 3 and Sb 2 Se 3, can be regarded as binary metal chalcogenides semiconductors since Sb 2 S 3 and Sb 2 Se 3 are isomorphous. They possess abundant elemental storage, nontoxicity, good stability with regard to moisture at elevated temperatures and suitable physical parameters for …

Recent Progress in Fabrication of Antimony/Bismuth Chalcohalides …

In this review, we summarize the recent progress on solar cells based on antimony/bismuth (Sb/Bi) chalcohalides, representing Sb/Bi non-perovskite …

Controlling Unintentional Defects Enables High‐Efficient Antimony ...

Deep-level defects in semiconductor materials usually induce carrier trapping and non-radiative recombination. However, defects caused by unintentional contaminants in antimony selenide (Sb 2 Se 3) solar cells have rarely been reported.Herein, the correlation between defect properties and unintentional impurities in …

Preferentially oriented large antimony trisulfide single-crystalline ...

Antimony trisulfide (Sb 2 S 3) is a promising light-harvester for photovoltaic purposes. Here we report on the in situ grown monolayer of preferentially …

Optimized antimony trisulfide solar cells may reach 11.68

An international research team led by the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission has developed a new design for thin-film solar cells based on antimony trisulfide (Sb 2 S 3). This kind of cell ...

4.9% Efficient Sb2S3 Solar Cells from Semitransparent Absorbers …

Fluorene-based hole transport materials (HTMs) with terminating thiophene units are explored, for the first time, for antimony sulfide (Sb2S3) solar cells. These HTMs possess largely simplified synthesis processes and high yields compared to the conventional expensive hole conductors making them reasonably economical. The thiophene unit …

If Solar Panels Are So Clean, Why Do They Produce So …

The problem of solar panel disposal "will explode with full force in two or three decades and wreck the environment" because it "is a huge amount of waste and they are not easy to recycle."

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