Mitigating Reasons for the Poor Performance of n‐CdS/p‐SnS Solar Cells
Abstract In the present work, indium tin oxide (ITO)/n‐CdS/p‐SnS/Au structured solar cells are fabricated with best conversion efficiency of 0.005%. A detailed investigation is made into the cause of the poor conversion efficiency and the cause is narrowed down to defects in p‐SnS which effect the j...
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| description | Abstract In the present work, indium tin oxide (ITO)/n‐CdS/p‐SnS/Au structured solar cells are fabricated with best conversion efficiency of 0.005%. A detailed investigation is made into the cause of the poor conversion efficiency and the cause is narrowed down to defects in p‐SnS which effect the junction and the neutral region of the cell. The junctions performance is quantified using the ideality factor which is found to be related to the band misalignment. The paper also investigates into literature and discusses efforts made to overcome the problems with this structure. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-baca5fa763a74787990eb039e5abbca82023-08-14T09:40:29ZengWileyGlobal Challenges2056-66462018-07-0127n/an/a10.1002/gch2.201800017Mitigating Reasons for the Poor Performance of n‐CdS/p‐SnS Solar CellsYashika Gupta0Chhaya Ravikant1Arun Palakkandy2Material Science Research Lab S.G.T.B. Khalsa College University of Delhi, New Delhi Delhi 110007 IndiaDepartment of Applied Sciences Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University Kashmere Gate, New Delhi Delhi 110006 IndiaMaterial Science Research Lab S.G.T.B. Khalsa College University of Delhi, New Delhi Delhi 110007 IndiaAbstract In the present work, indium tin oxide (ITO)/n‐CdS/p‐SnS/Au structured solar cells are fabricated with best conversion efficiency of 0.005%. A detailed investigation is made into the cause of the poor conversion efficiency and the cause is narrowed down to defects in p‐SnS which effect the junction and the neutral region of the cell. The junctions performance is quantified using the ideality factor which is found to be related to the band misalignment. The paper also investigates into literature and discusses efforts made to overcome the problems with this structure.https://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.201800017conversion eficiencyn‐CdS/p‐SnS solar cellstrap‐assisted tunneling recombination |
| spellingShingle | Yashika Gupta Chhaya Ravikant Arun Palakkandy Mitigating Reasons for the Poor Performance of n‐CdS/p‐SnS Solar Cells Global Challenges conversion eficiency n‐CdS/p‐SnS solar cells trap‐assisted tunneling recombination |
| title | Mitigating Reasons for the Poor Performance of n‐CdS/p‐SnS Solar Cells |
| title_full | Mitigating Reasons for the Poor Performance of n‐CdS/p‐SnS Solar Cells |
| title_fullStr | Mitigating Reasons for the Poor Performance of n‐CdS/p‐SnS Solar Cells |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mitigating Reasons for the Poor Performance of n‐CdS/p‐SnS Solar Cells |
| title_short | Mitigating Reasons for the Poor Performance of n‐CdS/p‐SnS Solar Cells |
| title_sort | mitigating reasons for the poor performance of n cds p sns solar cells |
| topic | conversion eficiency n‐CdS/p‐SnS solar cells trap‐assisted tunneling recombination |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.201800017 |
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