Characterization of PbS films deposited by successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) for CdS/PbS solar cells application

The properties of PbS thin films deposited by Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction (SILAR) method were analyzed and applied in PbS/CdS heterojuction solar cells. In this study for n-type layer, cadmium sulfide thin films were deposited on transparent conductive oxide (ITO) substrates by Ch...

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Published in:Materials research express 2020-01, Vol.7 (1), p.15530
Main Authors: Pérez-García, C E, Meraz-Dávila, S, Arreola-Jardón, G, de Moure-Flores, F, Ramírez-Bon, R, Vorobiev, Y V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adsorption
Cadmium sulfide
Deposition
Heterojunctions
Optical properties
PbS films
PbS/CdS heterojuctions
Photovoltaic cells
Photovoltaic conversion
SILAR
Solar cells
Substrates
Thin films
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Summary:The properties of PbS thin films deposited by Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction (SILAR) method were analyzed and applied in PbS/CdS heterojuction solar cells. In this study for n-type layer, cadmium sulfide thin films were deposited on transparent conductive oxide (ITO) substrates by Chemical Bath Deposition (CBD) technique followed by deposition of PbS film using different deposition cycles, 15, 20, 30, 40 and 60 to obtain different thicknesses from 90 nm to 658 nm. Morphological, structural and optical properties were investigated. The roughness of the PbS films were found to be in the range of 10-162 nm, depending on the number of cycles. The films of PbS present a band gap value of 0.6 eV. PbS/CdS heterojunctions were studied as solar cells, it was observed that 40 cycles PbS film has a greater photovoltaic conversion efficiency.
ISSN:2053-1591
2053-1591
DOI:10.1088/2053-1591/ab6b5c