A review of Sb2Se3 photovoltaic absorber materials and thin-film solar cells

A Mavlonov, T Razykov, F Raziq, J Gan, J Chantana… - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Energy generated from environmentally friendly, cost-effective solar cells is a key aspect for
develo** a clean renewable-energy economy. Non-toxic and Earth-abundant materials …

Concurrent investigation of antimony chalcogenide (Sb2Se3 and Sb2S3)-based solar cells with a potential WS2 electron transport layer

MF Rahman, MMA Moon, MK Hossain, MH Ali… - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Antimony (Sb) chalcogenides such as antimony selenide (Sb 2 Se 3) and antimony sulfide
(Sb 2 S 3) have distinct properties to be used as absorber semiconductors for harnessing …

Effectiveness of Sn-addition on optical properties and physicochemical parameters of SnxSb2-xSe3 thin films

AS Hassanien, IM El Radaf - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
This research work is allocated to prepare the novel thin Sn x Sb 2-x Se 3 films, TSSe by
thermal evaporation procedure at various Sn-content, where 0≤ x≤ 2 at.%. The field …

Efficiency Improvement of Sb2Se3 Solar Cells via Grain Boundary Inversion

C Chen, K Li, S Chen, L Wang, S Lu, Y Liu… - ACS Energy …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Sb2Se3 is a promising low-cost and low-toxicity photovoltaic material. Recent research
revealed that recombination losses in the absorber limited the efficiency of Sb2Se3 solar …

7.5% n–i–p Sb 2 Se 3 solar cells with CuSCN as a hole-transport layer

K Li, S Wang, C Chen, R Kondrotas, M Hu… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Sb2Se3 is a promising non-toxic, Earth-abundant, stable thin-film solar cell absorber
material. However, the low built-in potential caused by the low intrinsic do** density (∼ …

Multiwavelength excitation Raman scattering study of Sb2Se3 compound: fundamental vibrational properties and secondary phases detection

P Vidal-Fuentes, M Guc, X Alcobe, T Jawhari… - 2D …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This work presents a complete analysis of Raman active modes of Sb 2 Se 3 measured by
six different excitation wavelengths from NIR to UV, under different polarization …

Plasma treatment of electrodeposited Sb2Se3 thin films for improvement of solar-driven hydrogen evolution reaction

MB Costa, MA de Araújo, R Paiva, SA Cruz… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Semiconductor films based on Sb 2 Se 3 are a promising choice to be applied as
photocathodes for H 2 generation via solar-driven water splitting. However, the surface of Sb …

Study of pulsed laser deposited antimony selenide thin films

AK Jain, C Gopalakrishnan, P Malar - Journal of Materials Science …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Growth of Sb2Se3 thin films via pulsed laser deposition technique using
presynthesized ball-milled Sb2Se3 compound material as a source has been attempted in …

All-Electrochemically Grown Sb2Se3/a-MoS x Photocathodes for Hydrogen Production: The Effect of the MoS x Layer on the Surface Recombination and …

MB Costa, FWS Lucas, M Medina… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Sb2Se3 is considered a promising photocathode material for hydrogen production via solar
water splitting. Nevertheless, losses caused by photocorrosion and slow charge transfer at …

Photoelectrodeposition of Pt nanoparticles on Sb2Se3 photocathodes for enhanced water splitting

MV de Lima Tinoco, MB Costa, LH Mascaro… - Electrochimica …, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the biggest challenges around photochemical materials is to develop highly active
and stable catalysts, if possible, with a simple synthesis methodology. This study presents …