In Situ Controllable Growth of Cu2SnS3 Film as Low-Cost Counter Electrodes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

doi:10.1007/s40195-015-0234-8

Abstract

Abstract:

Morphology-controllable Cu₂SnS₃ thin films on Mo-glass were prepared via a facile in situ one-step solvothermal process and used in dye-sensitized solar cells as counter electrodes. The effects of different solvents on the morphology of films were investigated. DSC based on the porous net-like Cu₂SnS₃ thin film as counter electrodes showed a power conversion efficiency of 2.30%, which was improved to 3.35% after annealing.

Key words: Cu2SnS3, Thin films, Counter electrodes, Solar cells, Power conversion efficiency

Wei Xu, Xin Jiang, Jian-Min Chen, Rui-Qin Tan, Wei-Jie Song. In Situ Controllable Growth of Cu₂SnS₃ Film as Low-Cost Counter Electrodes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells[J]. Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters), 2015, 28(5): 580-583.

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Fig. 1 XRD patterns of as-prepared CTS films with Mo-glass substrate using different solvents: a glycol, the film named as FA; b ethanol, the film named as FB; c DMF, the film named FC

Fig. 2 Top view and the cross-sectional SEM images of CTS films using different solvents: a, b glycol, the film indicated by FA; c, d ethanol, the film named as FB; e, f DMF, the film named FC. The insets of a and c show high-magnification SEM images

Fig. 3 Reflectivity of as-prepared CTS thin films on Mo film and original Mo film

Fig. 4 a Current density-voltage characteristics for the DSCs based on pristine CTS CEs (FA, FB, and FC) and annealed CTS electrodes (A-FA, A-FA, and A-FC), b IPCE spectra of the DSCs based on CEs of the CTS film FA and A-FA

Table 1 Photovoltaic performance of DSCs based on the as-prepared CTS CEs

Sample	V _oc (V)	J _sc (mA/cm²)	FF	PCE (%)
FA	0.69	6.16	0.54	2.30
FB	0.69	4.86	0.20	0.66
FC	0.60	5.09	0.57	1.75
A-FA	0.73	6.54	0.70	3.35
A-FB	0.73	5.59	0.63	2.56
A-FC	0.73	6.05	0.66	2.88

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