Optimizing CdS/Sb2S3 solar cells for enhanced performance: reaching 26.83% efficiency
This study, developed a CdS/Sb _2 S _3 -based solar cell structure using Sb _2 S _3 as the absorber material and CdS as the window layer. The performance of the ITO/CdS/Sb _2 S _3 /Pt heterostructure was numerically analyzed using SCAPS-1D software. The investigation focused on the impact of the bac...
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| author | Leticia Treviño Yarce Enrique Rosendo Ándrés Jose Carlos Zepeda Medina María Josefina Robles Águila Crisóforo Morales Ruíz Reina Galeazzi Isasmendi Antonio Coyopol Solís Godofredo García Salgado |
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| description | This study, developed a CdS/Sb _2 S _3 -based solar cell structure using Sb _2 S _3 as the absorber material and CdS as the window layer. The performance of the ITO/CdS/Sb _2 S _3 /Pt heterostructure was numerically analyzed using SCAPS-1D software. The investigation focused on the impact of the back contact’s work function, where platinum yielded the best results. Furthermore, the effects of absorber and window layer thickness, series and parallel resistances, total defect density, acceptor concentration, and operating temperature on V _oc , J _sc , FF, and overall solar cell efficiency were systematically examined. The evolution of peak power conversion efficiencies under AM1.5 conditions, as represented in the NREL efficiency chart, serves as a key benchmark for evaluating and comparing the performance of different photovoltaic technologies. Thin-film solar cells have achieved a maximum reported efficiency of 23.6% according to this standard. However, the structure proposed in this study achieves a remarkable efficiency of 26.83% under the AM1.5 G illumination spectrum. This result highlights the potential of the developed technology for high-performance solar energy conversion applications. Additionally, when the operating temperature varied from 10 °C to 60 °C, the efficiency decreased by only 2%, demonstrating the structure’s high thermal stability. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-89f509dfd7244ce88e20c29c2d922ea02025-08-20T03:10:06ZengIOP PublishingMaterials Research Express2053-15912025-01-0112505590410.1088/2053-1591/adbab5Optimizing CdS/Sb2S3 solar cells for enhanced performance: reaching 26.83% efficiencyLeticia Treviño Yarce0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8735-9646Enrique Rosendo Ándrés1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3453-2753Jose Carlos Zepeda Medina2https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9934-1103María Josefina Robles Águila3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6086-4650Crisóforo Morales Ruíz4Reina Galeazzi Isasmendi5Antonio Coyopol Solís6Godofredo García Salgado7Posgrado en Dispositivos Semiconductores (PDS), Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) , Av. San Claudio y 14 Sur, Edif. IC 5 C. U. Col. San Manuel, Puebla, C P, 72520, MexicoPosgrado en Dispositivos Semiconductores (PDS), Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) , Av. San Claudio y 14 Sur, Edif. IC 5 C. U. Col. San Manuel, Puebla, C P, 72520, MexicoPosgrado en Dispositivos Semiconductores (PDS), Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) , Av. San Claudio y 14 Sur, Edif. IC 5 C. U. Col. San Manuel, Puebla, C P, 72520, MexicoPosgrado en Dispositivos Semiconductores (PDS), Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) , Av. San Claudio y 14 Sur, Edif. IC 5 C. U. Col. San Manuel, Puebla, C P, 72520, MexicoPosgrado en Dispositivos Semiconductores (PDS), Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) , Av. San Claudio y 14 Sur, Edif. IC 5 C. U. Col. San Manuel, Puebla, C P, 72520, MexicoPosgrado en Dispositivos Semiconductores (PDS), Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) , Av. San Claudio y 14 Sur, Edif. IC 5 C. U. Col. San Manuel, Puebla, C P, 72520, MexicoPosgrado en Dispositivos Semiconductores (PDS), Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) , Av. San Claudio y 14 Sur, Edif. IC 5 C. U. Col. San Manuel, Puebla, C P, 72520, MexicoPosgrado en Dispositivos Semiconductores (PDS), Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) , Av. San Claudio y 14 Sur, Edif. IC 5 C. U. Col. San Manuel, Puebla, C P, 72520, MexicoThis study, developed a CdS/Sb _2 S _3 -based solar cell structure using Sb _2 S _3 as the absorber material and CdS as the window layer. The performance of the ITO/CdS/Sb _2 S _3 /Pt heterostructure was numerically analyzed using SCAPS-1D software. The investigation focused on the impact of the back contact’s work function, where platinum yielded the best results. Furthermore, the effects of absorber and window layer thickness, series and parallel resistances, total defect density, acceptor concentration, and operating temperature on V _oc , J _sc , FF, and overall solar cell efficiency were systematically examined. The evolution of peak power conversion efficiencies under AM1.5 conditions, as represented in the NREL efficiency chart, serves as a key benchmark for evaluating and comparing the performance of different photovoltaic technologies. Thin-film solar cells have achieved a maximum reported efficiency of 23.6% according to this standard. However, the structure proposed in this study achieves a remarkable efficiency of 26.83% under the AM1.5 G illumination spectrum. This result highlights the potential of the developed technology for high-performance solar energy conversion applications. Additionally, when the operating temperature varied from 10 °C to 60 °C, the efficiency decreased by only 2%, demonstrating the structure’s high thermal stability.https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/adbab5solar cellSb2S3back contactefficiency |
| spellingShingle | Leticia Treviño Yarce Enrique Rosendo Ándrés Jose Carlos Zepeda Medina María Josefina Robles Águila Crisóforo Morales Ruíz Reina Galeazzi Isasmendi Antonio Coyopol Solís Godofredo García Salgado Optimizing CdS/Sb2S3 solar cells for enhanced performance: reaching 26.83% efficiency Materials Research Express solar cell Sb2S3 back contact efficiency |
| title | Optimizing CdS/Sb2S3 solar cells for enhanced performance: reaching 26.83% efficiency |
| title_full | Optimizing CdS/Sb2S3 solar cells for enhanced performance: reaching 26.83% efficiency |
| title_fullStr | Optimizing CdS/Sb2S3 solar cells for enhanced performance: reaching 26.83% efficiency |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optimizing CdS/Sb2S3 solar cells for enhanced performance: reaching 26.83% efficiency |
| title_short | Optimizing CdS/Sb2S3 solar cells for enhanced performance: reaching 26.83% efficiency |
| title_sort | optimizing cds sb2s3 solar cells for enhanced performance reaching 26 83 efficiency |
| topic | solar cell Sb2S3 back contact efficiency |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/adbab5 |
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