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The power conversion efficiency of all-inorganic Sb2S3-on-Si two-terminal (2-T) monolithically integrated and four-terminal (4-T) mechanically stacked tandem solar cells are investigated. A one-dimensional solar cell capacitance simulator (SCAPS-1D) has been used to simulate the stand-alone antimony trisulfide (Sb2S3) top sub-cell, silicon (Si) bottom sub-cell, 2-T monolithic, and 4-T mechanically stacked tandem solar cells. The stand-alone sub-cells are optimized by extensive studies, including interface defects density, bulk defects density, absorber layer thickness, and series resistance. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of simulated stand-alone sub-cells is compared and verified with the existing literature. A current matching condition is established to characterize the 2-T monolithic Sb2S3-on-Si tandem cell. A filtered spectrum has been utilized for bottom sub-cell measurement in the tandem solar cells. The best-simulated PCE of Sb2S3-on-Si 2-T monolithic and 4-T tandem cells is 30.22% and 29.30%, respectively. The simulation results presented in this paper open an opportunity for the scientific community to consider Sb2S3 as a potential top sub-cell material in Sb2S3-on-Si tandem solar cells with high PCE.
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The authors wish to acknowledge Dr. M. Burgelman, University of Gent, Belgium, for the SCAPS-1D simulation software.
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One of the authors, Dr. Vineet Kumar Singh, received financial support from the UGC, India, for UGC-BSR Research Start-Up Grant (No. f.30-466/2019(BSR)).
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Vineet Kumar Singh: conceptualization, validation, formal analysis, data curation, writing—original draft, supervision, funding acquisition. Shalini Srivastava: methodology, investigation, Ajeet Kumar Singh: validation, formal analysis, Madan Singh Chauhan: creation of models, validation, data curation, resources, Shiv Poojan Patel: formal analysis, writing—review & editing, Ravi S. Singh: formal analysis, writing—review & editing.
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Singh, V.K., Srivastava, S., Singh, A.K. et al. Theoretical study of highly efficient all-inorganic Sb2S3-on-Si monolithically integrated (2-T) and mechanically stacked (4-T) tandem solar cells using SCAPS-1D. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 98747–98759 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-25292-2
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