Journal of Power Sources, volume 240, pages 8-13

Efficient electron injection in non-toxic silver sulfide (Ag2S) sensitized solar cells

Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2013-10-01
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Impact factor9.2
ISSN03787753
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Abstract
α-Ag 2 S, with a direct forbidden bandgap of about 1.0 eV, is a non-toxic low bandgap semiconductor which can readily be deposited in the form of a thin film by chemical bath deposition. In a solar cell configuration, it can potentially provide a high short-circuit current due to the infrared absorption, and is compatible with the polysulfide electrolyte. Its practical use in a solar cell depends, however, critically on band alignment between the Ag 2 S, the oxide anode and the electrolyte redox potential. Here we examine the conduction band (CB) offsets in the nanostructured α-Ag 2 S sensitized TiO 2 and SnO 2 electrodes by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, and show that they can significantly differ from the extrapolated bulk values. The much higher CB offset for SnO 2 /Ag 2 S interface (∼0.6 eV) compared with that of ∼0.2 eV for TiO 2 /Ag 2 S, supplied a sufficient injection driving force and was favorable for the electron separation at the heterojunction. When fabricated into solar cells, a dramatically higher current density under AM 1.5 illumination for the SnO 2 /Ag 2 S heterojunction was obtained, which was contributed by the efficient electron injection.

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Shen H. et al. Efficient electron injection in non-toxic silver sulfide (Ag2S) sensitized solar cells // Journal of Power Sources. 2013. Vol. 240. pp. 8-13.
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Shen H., Jiao X., Oron D., Li J., Lin H. Efficient electron injection in non-toxic silver sulfide (Ag2S) sensitized solar cells // Journal of Power Sources. 2013. Vol. 240. pp. 8-13.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.03.168
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.03.168
TI - Efficient electron injection in non-toxic silver sulfide (Ag2S) sensitized solar cells
T2 - Journal of Power Sources
AU - Shen, Heping
AU - Jiao, Xingjian
AU - Oron, D.
AU - Li, Jianbao
AU - Lin, Hong
PY - 2013
DA - 2013/10/01 00:00:00
PB - Elsevier
SP - 8-13
VL - 240
SN - 0378-7753
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@article{2013_Shen,
author = {Heping Shen and Xingjian Jiao and D. Oron and Jianbao Li and Hong Lin},
title = {Efficient electron injection in non-toxic silver sulfide (Ag2S) sensitized solar cells},
journal = {Journal of Power Sources},
year = {2013},
volume = {240},
publisher = {Elsevier},
month = {oct},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.03.168},
pages = {8--13},
doi = {10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.03.168}
}
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