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Title: | Emerging chalcogenide thin films for solar energy harvesting devices | Authors: | Hadke, Shreyash Huang, Menglin Chen, Chao Tay, Ying Fan Chen, Shiyou Tang, Jiang Wong, Lydia Helena |
Keywords: | Engineering::Materials | Issue Date: | 2022 | Source: | Hadke, S., Huang, M., Chen, C., Tay, Y. F., Chen, S., Tang, J. & Wong, L. H. (2022). Emerging chalcogenide thin films for solar energy harvesting devices. Chemical Reviews, 122(11), 10170-10265. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00301 | Journal: | Chemical Reviews | Abstract: | Chalcogenide semiconductors offer excellent optoelectronic properties for their use in solar cells, exemplified by the commercialization of Cu(In,Ga)Se2- and CdTe-based photovoltaic technologies. Recently, several other chalcogenides have emerged as promising photoabsorbers for energy harvesting through the conversion of solar energy to electricity and fuels. The goal of this review is to summarize the development of emerging binary (Sb2X3, GeX, SnX), ternary (Cu2SnX3, Cu2GeX3, CuSbX2, AgBiX2), and quaternary (Cu2ZnSnX4, Ag2ZnSnX4, Cu2CdSnX4, Cu2ZnGeX4, Cu2BaSnX4) chalcogenides (X denotes S/Se), focusing especially on the comparative analysis of their optoelectronic performance metrics, electronic band structure, and point defect characteristics. The performance limiting factors of these photoabsorbers are discussed, together with suggestions for further improvement. Several relatively unexplored classes of chalcogenide compounds (such as chalcogenide perovskites, bichalcogenides, etc.) are highlighted, based on promising early reports on their optoelectronic properties. Finally, pathways for practical applications of emerging chalcogenides in solar energy harvesting are discussed against the backdrop of a market dominated by Si-based solar cells. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163628 | ISSN: | 0009-2665 | DOI: | 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00301 | Schools: | School of Materials Science and Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate School (IGS) |
Organisations: | Singapore-HUJ Alliance for Research and Enterprise (SHARE) Nanomaterials for Energy and Energy-Water Nexus (NEW) Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR |
Research Centres: | Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N) | Rights: | © 2021 American Chemical Society. All rights reserved. | Fulltext Permission: | none | Fulltext Availability: | No Fulltext |
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