Selenium(Se)element is a promising light-harvesting material for solar cells because of the large absorption coefcient and prominent photoconductivity.However,the efciency of Se solar cells has been stagnated for a lo...Selenium(Se)element is a promising light-harvesting material for solar cells because of the large absorption coefcient and prominent photoconductivity.However,the efciency of Se solar cells has been stagnated for a long time owing to the suboptimal bandgap(>1.8 eV)and the lack of a proper electron transport layer.In this work,we tune the bandgap of the absorber to the optimal value of Shockley-Queisser limit(1.36 eV)by alloying 30%Te with 70%Se.Simultaneously,ZnO electron transport layer is selected because of the proper band alignment,and the mild reaction at ZnO/Se_(0.7)Te_(0.3) interface guarantees a good-quality heterojunction.Finally,a superior efciency of 1.85%is achieved on ZnO/Se_(0.7)Te_(0.3)solar cells.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61725401,62174064,62105110,and 61904058)Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province(No.2021CFB373)+2 种基金Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.2021XXJS028)National Key R&D Program of China(No.2021YFA0715502)support of the project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Nos.2020M680101 and 2021T140233).
文摘Selenium(Se)element is a promising light-harvesting material for solar cells because of the large absorption coefcient and prominent photoconductivity.However,the efciency of Se solar cells has been stagnated for a long time owing to the suboptimal bandgap(>1.8 eV)and the lack of a proper electron transport layer.In this work,we tune the bandgap of the absorber to the optimal value of Shockley-Queisser limit(1.36 eV)by alloying 30%Te with 70%Se.Simultaneously,ZnO electron transport layer is selected because of the proper band alignment,and the mild reaction at ZnO/Se_(0.7)Te_(0.3) interface guarantees a good-quality heterojunction.Finally,a superior efciency of 1.85%is achieved on ZnO/Se_(0.7)Te_(0.3)solar cells.
