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Antimony chalcogenide solar cells

Step up in performance

Antimony selenosulfides are promising photovoltaic materials but obtaining high-quality absorber layers is challenging. Researchers now show that layers deposited using a hydrothermal method have optimal bandgap, good morphology and favourable growth orientation, enabling solar cells with 10% efficiency.

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Fig. 1: Strucutural and optical properties of Sb2(S,Se)3 films deposited by hydrothermal deposition.

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Major, J. Step up in performance. Nat Energy 5, 559–560 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-020-0672-z

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