Chemical deposition of antimony sulfide & silver antimony sulfide

Post author:Jesus Capistran
Post published:August 15, 2019

The following photographs show the first 30 minutes of the solution reaction for the chemical deposition of antimony sulfide thin films. This material is a p-type semiconductor. It is deposited as an amorphous source (Sb-S). The films have the necessary content to produce an orthorhombic lattice after heating above 250 ºC. ApplicationAntimony sulfide is used for the research of thin-film solar cells with the following configuration TCO/CdS/Absorber/BackContact. This film is achieved using the formula reported in the paper I publish during my Ph.D. program (With no AgNO3). Find it here. [1] J. Capistrán Martínez, P.K. Nair, Photoconductive thin films of AgSbS2…

Video: Analysis of techniques for measuring carrier recombination lifetime

Post author:Jesus Capistran
Post published:April 24, 2019

Author: Dr. Richard K. Ahrenkiel is a Research Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado.Abstract Rapid, accurate and contactless measurement of the recombination lifetime is a very important activity in photovoltaics. The excess carrier lifetime (Δn(t)) is the most critical and variable parameter in the development of photovoltaic materials. Device performance can be accurately predicted from the lifetime measurement of the starting material. However, there is no single measurement that directly measures the bulk lifetime as all measurements are based on a device model. A primary issue is that the lifetime is…