Efficient Hybrid Solar Cells Based on Solution Processed Mesoporous TiO2/Tin(II) Sulfide Heterojunctions

Dong Ding; Thomas Rath; Luis Lanzetta; Jose Manuel Marin-Beloqui; Saif A. Haque

doi:10.1021/acsaem.8b00590

Efficient Hybrid Solar Cells Based on Solution Processed Mesoporous TiO2/Tin(II) Sulfide Heterojunctions

Dong Ding, Thomas Rath, Luis Lanzetta, Jose Manuel Marin-Beloqui, Saif A. Haque^*

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Tin monosulfide (SnS) is emerging as a promising absorber material for the development of low-cost, solution-processable solar cells. Herein, we present a straightforward, solution-based route for the preparation of tin monosulfide (SnS) films employing a green solvent, namely, tetrahydrofuran (THF). We show that the surface coverage and the morphology of the SnS films can be tuned by modification of the precursor solution composition and film deposition conditions. Furthermore, we explore the effect of a PEDOT:PSS interlayer and fabricate solar cells based on the following architecture: FTO/planar-TiO2/mesoporous-TiO2/SnS/P3HT/PEDOT:PSS/Ag. Devices based on this architecture are shown to exhibit power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of 3.0%, thus demonstrating the potential of our method for the development of low-cost and environmentally friendly solar cells

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3042-3047
Number of pages	6
Journal	ACS Applied Energy Materials
Volume	1
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b00590
Publication status	Published - 23 Jul 2018

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