Influence of Absorber Thickness on the Performance of Sb2S3 based Solar Cell using Numerical Simulations

Antimony sulphide (Sb
2
S
3
) based solar cells are the promising contender in the photovoltaic (PV) industry owing to non-toxic nature, low cost and availability on earth. In this proposed work, Sb
2
S
3
absorber based PV device is designed and studied through simulation as performed with the help of SCAPS-1D tool. The impact of different thickness variations of Sb
2
S
3
layer is examined and varied from 50 to 500 nm. The designed structure of the proposed device is ITO/ZnO/Zn(O,S):N/SnO
2
/Sb
2
S
3
. The device performance is optimized at 500 nm thickness and obtained higher PV parameters: J
SC
of 17.22 mA/cm
²
, V
OC
of 0.79 V, FF of 58.8% and PCE of 8.04%. The obtained results of this whole study provide new vision for the development of device.