3.88% efficient tin sulfide solar cells using congruent thermal evaporation.

Steinmann, Vera; Jaramillo, R; Hartman, Katy; Chakraborty, Rupak; Brandt, Riley E; Poindexter, Jeremy R; Lee, Yun Seog; Sun, Leizhi et al. · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Tin sulfide (SnS), as a promising absorber material in thin-film photovoltaic devices, is described. Here, it is confirmed that SnS evaporates congruently, which provides facile composition control akin to cadmium telluride. A SnS heterojunction solar cell is demons trated, which has a power conversion efficiency of 3.88% (certified), and an empirical loss analysis is presented to guide further performance improvements.