TITLE:
XPS Study of Electroless Deposited Sb2Se3 Thin Films for Solar Cell Absorber Material
AUTHORS:
Towhid Adnan Chowdhury
KEYWORDS:
Sb2Se3, Electroless, Depth Profiling, Thin Film, X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
JOURNAL NAME:
Energy and Power Engineering,
Vol.15 No.11,
November
17,
2023
ABSTRACT: As a thin film solar cell absorber material, antimony selenide (Sb2Se3) has become a potential candidate recently because of its unique optical and electrical properties and easy fabrication method. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to determine the stoichiometry and composition of electroless Sb2Se3 thin films using depth profile studies. The surface layers were analyzed nearly stoichiometric. But the abundant amount of antimony makes the inner layer electrically more conductive.