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NATURE PHOTONICS
Volume 10, Issue 8, Pages 521-+Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/NPHOTON.2016.108
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- Fundacio Privada Cellex
- European Community's Seventh Framework Programme [308997, FP7-ENERGY.2012.10.2.1]
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO)
- 'Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional' (FEDER) [MAT2014-56210-R]
- AGAUR under SGR grant [2014SGR1548]
- Marie Curie Actions FP7-PEOPLE-IIF [622358]
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, through 'Severo Ochoa' Programme for Centres of Excellence in RD [SEV-2015-0522]
- ICREA Funding Source: Custom
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Solution-processed inorganic solar cells are a promising low-cost alternative to first-generation solar cells(1,2). Solution processing at low temperatures combined with the use of non-toxic and abundant elements can help minimize fabrication costs and facilitate regulatory acceptance. However, at present, there is no material that exhibits all these features while demonstrating promising efficiencies. Many of the candidates being explored contain toxic elements such as lead or cadmium (perovskites(2,3), PbS4, CdTe5,6 and CdS(Se)(7,8)) or scarce elements such as tellurium or indium (CdTe and CIGS(Se)/CIS9,10). Others require high-temperature processes such as selenization or sintering, or rely on vacuum deposition techniques (Sb2S(Se)(3)(11-13), SnS14,15 and CZTS(Se)(16)). Here, we present AgBiS2 nanocrystals as a non-toxic(17), earth-abundant(18) material for high-performance, solution-processed solar cells fabricated under ambient conditions at low temperatures (<= 100 degrees C). We demonstrate devices with a certified power conversion efficiency of 6.3%, with no hysteresis and a short-circuit current density of similar to 22 mA cm(-2) for an active layer thickness of only similar to 35 nm.
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