TY - JOUR
T1 - Study of copper bismuth sulfide thin films for the photovoltaic application
AU - Yang, Yanbo
AU - Xiong, Xiaolu
AU - Yin, Hongxing
AU - Zhao, Ming
AU - Han, Junfeng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/1/30
Y1 - 2019/1/30
N2 - Due to a suitable band gap and high optical absorption in the visible spectrum, copper bismuth sulfide (CBS) has raised concern as one of the potential photovoltaic absorber materials. In this work, CBS thin films were prepared by co-evaporating metal bismuth and CuS materials in a vacuum system and following by an annealing process. Morphologies, compositions, structures, electrical and optical properties of CBS thin films were all investigated. Finally, a completed photovoltaic device based on CdS/CBS heterojunction was fabricated and an efficiency of 1.7% was obtained in the current states. All of those analyses indicated CBS thin films a kind of suitable absorber material for the photovoltaic application.
AB - Due to a suitable band gap and high optical absorption in the visible spectrum, copper bismuth sulfide (CBS) has raised concern as one of the potential photovoltaic absorber materials. In this work, CBS thin films were prepared by co-evaporating metal bismuth and CuS materials in a vacuum system and following by an annealing process. Morphologies, compositions, structures, electrical and optical properties of CBS thin films were all investigated. Finally, a completed photovoltaic device based on CdS/CBS heterojunction was fabricated and an efficiency of 1.7% was obtained in the current states. All of those analyses indicated CBS thin films a kind of suitable absorber material for the photovoltaic application.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10854-018-0455-5
DO - 10.1007/s10854-018-0455-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85057534252
SN - 0957-4522
VL - 30
SP - 1832
EP - 1837
JO - Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
JF - Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
IS - 2
ER -
