화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Korean Journal of Materials Research, Vol.32, No.5, 243-248, May, 2022
DOI10.3740/MRSK.2022.32.5.243  Export Citation
Influence of Annealing Temperature on Crystal Orientation of Electrodeposited Sb2Se3 Thin-Film Photovoltaic Absorbers
Seonghyun Kim, Seunghun Lee, Jaehan Park, Shinho Kim1, and Yangdo Kim†
  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
  • 1Innovative Graduate Education Program for Global High-tech Materials and Parts, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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This study demonstrates a different approach method to fabricate antimony selenide (Sb2Se3) thin-films for the solar cell applications. As-deposited Sb2Se3 thin-films are fabricated via electrodeposition route and, subsequently, annealed in the temperature range of 230 ~ 310℃. Cyclic voltammetry is performed to investigate the electrochemical behavior of the Sb and Se ions. The deposition potential of the Sb2Se3 thin films is determined to be -0.6 V vs. Ag/AgCl (in 1 M KCl), where the stoichiometric composition of Sb2Se3 appeared. It is found that the crystal orientations of Sb2Se3 thin-films are largely dependent on the annealing temperature. At an annealing temperature of 250℃, the Sb2Se3 thin-film grew most along the c-axis [(211) and/or (221)] direction, which resulted in the smooth movement of carriers, thereby increasing the carrier collection probability. Therefore, the solar cell using Sb2Se3 thin-film annealed at 250℃ exhibited significant enhancement in JSC of 10.03 mA/cm2 and a highest conversion efficiency of 0.821 % because of the preferred orientation of the Sb2Se3 thin film.
Keywords:antimony selenide;V-VI compound semiconductor;thin-film solar cell;electrodeposition
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