Journal
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 879, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.160348
Keywords
Recombination; CdS thin films; TSPV; Ag2S; Solar cells
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China, China [52072327, 21673200, 61504117, U1604121]
- Zhongyuan Scholars Program of Henan Province, Henan, China [20210151004]
- Youth Talents Lifting Project of Henan Province, Henan, China [2018HYTP010]
- Key Research and Development Project of Henan Province, Henan, China [192102210183]
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In this study, CdS was used as an under-layer to reduce the recombination of photoinduced charge carriers at the Ag2S/FTO interface, successfully suppressing the recombination. Introducing the CdS under-layer led to a significant enhancement in the power conversion efficiency of solar cell devices.
The recombination of photoinduced charge carriers is detrimental to the photovoltaic performance of solar cells. In this work, we used CdS as an under-layer to reduce the recombination of photoinduced charge carriers at the Ag2S/FTO (F-doped SnO2) interface. The CdS under-layer was deposited onto an FTO substrate using a facile chemical bath deposition (CBD) method. By controlling the thickness of the CdS film between Ag2S and FTO, the recombination of photoinduced charge carriers was successfully suppressed. The effect of the CdS under-layer on the charge carrier recombination was carefully evaluated by transient surface photovoltage (TSPV) measurements, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and a photoelectrochemical method. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of solar cell devices with a 40 nm CdS underlayer is 1.16%, which is similar to 52% enhancement compared to those of FTO/Ag2S-based solar cell devices. Our work may provide a useful strategy to suppress photoinduced charge carrier recombination at the electrode and absorber semiconductor interface. (C) 2021 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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