超薄硒化锑薄膜的微结构优化及其半透明太阳能电池制备

Microstructure optimization of ultra-thin antimony selenide films and preparation of semitransparent solar cells

  • 摘要: 半透明太阳能电池作为光伏产业的一个重要分支,在光伏建筑一体化、汽车天窗和可穿戴电子设备中拥有广阔的应用前景。硒化锑(Sb2Se3)以其化学性质稳定、丰度高、带隙合适等众多优势,近年来在薄膜太阳能电池领域广为关注。采用近空间升华法制备了吸光层厚度为90-160 nm的超薄Sb2Se3太阳能电池。首先,探索了超薄Sb2Se3吸光层的透明度和微观结构与薄膜厚度之间的关系,发现较薄的Sb2Se3吸光层存在晶化程度低的问题,这会导致较高的载流子复合,制约了Sb2Se3太阳能电池的光电性能。基于此,引入真空高温退火工艺处理Sb2Se3吸光层,在290 ℃真空退火10 min后,超薄Sb2Se3吸光层晶化程度显著提升,并且出现了(221)的衍射峰,代表(Sb4Se6)n分子链的纵向生长,此时器件的内建电压提升至0.442 V、载流子传输时间缩短至1.431 μs,使得载流子的复合得到了有效抑制,吸光层110 nm厚的半透明Sb2Se3太阳能电池光电转换效率由未优化的0.8%显著提升至了3.03%。研究结果为半透明Sb2Se3太阳能电池的优化和未来发展提供了可行的技术路线。

     

    Abstract: As an important branch of photovoltaic industry, semitransparent solar cells have broad application prospects in photovoltaic building integration, car sunroofs and wearable electronic devices. Antimony selenide (Sb2Se3) has attracted much attention in the field of thin film solar cells in recent years because of its stable chemical properties, high abundance and suitable band gap. Ultra-thin Sb2Se3 solar cells with absorption layer thickness of 90-160 nm were prepared by near-space sublimation method. Firstly, the relationship between the transparency and microstructure of the ultra-thin Sb2Se3 light-absorbing layer and the film thickness is explored. It is found that the thin Sb2Se3 light-absorbing layer has a low crystallization degree, which leads to high carrier recombination and restricts the photoelectric performance of Sb2Se3 solar cells. Based on this, the Sb2Se3 absorption layer was treated by vacuum high-temperature annealing process. After 10 min of vacuum annealing at 290 ℃, the crystallization degree of ultra-thin Sb2Se3 absorption layer was significantly improved, and a diffraction peak of (221) appeared, representing the longitudinal growth of (Sb4Se6)n molecular chain. At this time, the built-in voltage of the device is increased to 0.442 V, the carrier transmission time is shortened to 1.431 μs, which effectively inhibits the recombination of carriers, and the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the 110 nm thick semitransparent Sb2Se3 solar cell is significantly increased from the unoptimized 0.8% to 3.03%. The research results provide a feasible technical route for the optimization and future development of semitransparent Sb2Se3 solar cells.

     

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