Chemical bath deposition of Sb<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> thin films using the mixing solution of SbCl<sub>3</sub> and sodium citrate as a novel Sb source for assembling efficient solar cells
Bo Yang, Chengwu Shi, Yuye Huang, Yanqing Wang, Guiju Hu, Wangchao Chen, Fuling Guo
Abstract
Sb 2 S 3 films are prepared by CBD using the mixing solution of SbCl 3 and sodium citrate as a novel Sb source. The CBD growth mechanism of Sb 2 S 3 films is revealed and the CBD growth process is dominated by the nanoparticle formation–adsorption pathway.
Topics & Concepts
Mixing (physics)Materials scienceSodiumThin filmSodium citrateAdsorptionDeposition (geology)Chemical engineeringInorganic chemistryNanotechnologyPhysical chemistryChemistryMetallurgyPhysicsPaleontologyQuantum mechanicsPathologyBiologyMedicineSedimentEngineeringChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesPerovskite Materials and Applications