Photovoltaic Performance of Phase-Pure Orthorhombic BiSI Thin-Films

Devendra Tiwari; Fabiola Cardoso-Delgado; Dominic Alibhai; Maia Mombru; David J. Fermin

doi:10.1021/acsaem.9b00544

Photovoltaic Performance of Phase-Pure Orthorhombic BiSI Thin-Films

Devendra Tiwari, Fabiola Cardoso-Delgado, Dominic Alibhai, Maia Mombru, David J. Fermin

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Abstract

A single-precursor solution approach is developed for depositing stoichiometric BiSI thin films featuring pure paraelectric orthorhombic (Pnam) phase. The compact and homogeneous films are composed of flake-shaped grains oriented antiplanar to the substrate and display a sharp optical transition corresponding to a bandgap of 1.57 eV. Optical and Raman signatures of the thin films are rationalized using the quasiparticle G ₀W ₀@PBE0 and density functional perturbation theory calculations. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy revealed n-type doping with valence and conduction band edges located at 4.6 and 6.2 eV below vacuum level, respectively. Planar BiSI solar cells are fabricated with the architecture: Glass/FTO/SnO ₂/BiSI/F8/Au, where F8 is poly(9,9-di-n-octylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl), showing record conversion efficiency of 1.32% under AM 1.5 illumination.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3878-3885
Number of pages	8
Journal	ACS Applied Energy Materials
Volume	2
Issue number	5
Early online date	22 Apr 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b00544
Publication status	Published - 28 May 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Absorption
thin films
Electrical conductivity
Electronic structure
Solar cells

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