Emerging chalcogenide thin films for solar energy harvesting devices

S Hadke, M Huang, C Chen, YF Tay, S Chen… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chalcogenide semiconductors offer excellent optoelectronic properties for their use in solar
cells, exemplified by the commercialization of Cu (In, Ga) Se2-and CdTe-based photovoltaic …

Design and exploration of semiconductors from first principles: A review of recent advances

F Oba, Y Kumagai - Applied Physics Express, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent first-principles approaches to semiconductors are reviewed, with an emphasis on
theoretical insight into emerging materials and in silico exploration of as-yet-unreported …

Searching for “defect-tolerant” photovoltaic materials: combined theoretical and experimental screening

RE Brandt, JR Poindexter, P Gorai… - Chemistry of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Recently, we and others have proposed screening criteria for “defect-tolerant” photovoltaic
(PV) absorbers, identifying several classes of semiconducting compounds with electronic …

Achieving over 4% efficiency for SnS/CdS thin-film solar cells by improving the heterojunction interface quality

JY Cho, SY Kim, R Nandi, J Jang, HS Yun… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The highest efficiency of 4.225% for vapor-transport-deposited (VTD) SnS absorber/CdS
heterojunction solar cells with good long-term stability over two years is reported. These …

Simulation of high efficiency SnS-based solar cells with SCAPS

M Minbashi, A Ghobadi, MH Ehsani, HR Dizaji… - solar energy, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, we designed, simulated and analyzed high efficiency of SnS-based solar cells.
This work is related to the influence of a glancing angle deposition (GLAD) technique for …

High-throughput computational search for high carrier lifetime, defect-tolerant solar absorbers

D Dahliah, G Brunin, J George, VA Ha… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The solar absorber is a key component in a solar cell as it captures photons and converts
them into electron–hole pairs. Its efficiency is driven by the carrier lifetime and the latter is …

Electronic Structure and Defect Physics of Tin Sulfides: SnS, , and

Y Kumagai, LA Burton, A Walsh, F Oba - Physical Review Applied, 2016 - APS
The tin sulfides SnS, Sn 2 S 3, and Sn S 2 are investigated for a wide variety of applications
such as photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, two-dimensional electronic devices, Li ion battery …

Structural and electrical properties of SnS2 thin films

A Voznyi, V Kosyak, A Opanasyuk, N Tirkusova… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The effect of substrate temperature on the structural and electrical properties, phase
composition, and surface morphology of tin disulfide thin (SnS 2) films obtained by the close …

Current status of n-type SnS: paving the way for SnS homojunction solar cells

I Suzuki, S Kawanishi, T Omata… - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Orthorhombic SnS is a promising thin-film solar-cell material composed of safe and
abundant elements with suitable optical properties for photovoltaic application. For …

Kinetically Controlled Growth of Phase‐Pure SnS Absorbers for Thin Film Solar Cells: Achieving Efficiency Near 3% with Long‐Term Stability Using an SnS/CdS …

D Lim, H Suh, M Suryawanshi, GY Song… - Advanced Energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Facile control over the morphology of phase pure tin monosulfide (SnS) thin films, a
promising future absorber for thin film solar cells, is enabled by controlling the growth …