International Journal of Photoenergy

Research Article

Investigation of the Performance of a Sb₂S₃-Based Solar Cell with a Hybrid Electron Transport Layer (h-ETL): A Simulation Approach Using SCAPS-1D Software

Performance parameters of Sb₂S₃-based solar cells reported in the literature and those obtained in this work.


Search type	Proposed cell structure	(mA/cm²)	(V)	FF (%)	(%)

Experimental	FTO/(ZnO/TiO₂)/Sb₂S₃ ( eV)/Spiro-OMeTAD/Au [23]	16.17	0.58	53.12	5.08
	ITO/CdS/Sb₂S₃ ( eV)/Au [76]	10.8	0.71	45.5	3.5
	FTO/CdS/Sb₂S₃ ( eV/Au [77]	10.92	0.588	46.77	3.01
	FTO/CdS/Sb₂S₃ ( eV)/Au [78]	9.14	0.54	47.48	2.20
	SLG/Mo/Sb₂S₃ ( eV)/Cds/i-ZO/AZO/Ni:Al [79]	5.96	0.574	37.78	1.29

Simulation	FTO/ZnS/Sb₂S₃ ( eV)/Cu₂O/Au [15]	24.41	1.111	84.04	22.78
	FTO/CdZnS/Sb₂S₃/carbon [16]	21.99	1.192	85.37	22.39
	FTO/TiO₂/Sb₂S₃ ( eV)/Cu₂O/Au [75]	24.44	0.948	79.96	21.43
	AZO/ZnO/CdS/Sb₂S₃ ( eV)/Au [13]	20.15	1.23	83.1	20.60
	CdS/Sb₂S₃ ( eV)/Pt [14]	19.04	1.31	85.90	18.52
	ZnO:Al/i-ZnO/CdS/Sb₂S₃ ( eV)/Mo [12]	15.98	0.723	83.23	9.51
	Glass/TCO/TiO₂/Sb₂S₃ ( eV)/P3HT/Ag [40]	15.23	0.75	73.55	8.41

	Glass/FTO/(ZnO/IGZO)/Sb₂S₃ ( eV)/MoO₃/Ni (this work)	18.51	1.11	74.76	15.43
	Ideal case ( Ω·cm²; ) (this work)	18.60	1.12	85.10	17.73