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Efficient Nanostructured TiO 2 /SnS Heterojunction Solar Cells
Author(s) -
Yun HyunSung,
Park Byungwook,
Choi Yong Chan,
Im Jino,
Shin Tae Joo,
Seok Sang Il
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced energy materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.08
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1614-6840
pISSN - 1614-6832
DOI - 10.1002/aenm.201901343
Subject(s) - materials science , solar cell , energy conversion efficiency , thin film , chemical engineering , optoelectronics , nanotechnology , engineering
Tin sulfide (SnS) is one of the most promising solar cell materials, as it is abundant, environment friendly, available at low cost, and offers long‐term stability. However, the highest efficiency of the SnS solar cell reported so far remains at 4.36% even using the expensive atomic layer deposition process. This study reports on the fabrication of SnS solar cells by a solution process that employs rapid thermal treatment for few seconds under Ar gas flow after spin‐coating a precursor solution of SnCl 2 and thiourea dissolved in dimethylformamide onto a nanostructured thin TiO 2 electrode. The best‐performing cell exhibits power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 3.8% under 1 sun radiation conditions (AM1.5G). Moreover, secondary treatment using SnCl 2 results in a significant improvement of 4.8% in PCE, which is one of the highest efficiencies among SnS‐based solar cells, especially with TiO 2 electrodes. The thin film properties of SnS after SnCl 2 secondary treatment are analyzed using grazing‐incidence wide‐angle X‐ray scattering, and high‐resolution transmittance electron microscopy.