Optical properties of Cu2SiS3

Présentée par : YOUBI HADIL

Encadrée par : Dr BENYAHIA
PRESENTATION PLAN

01 INTRODCTION 02 FAMILY

03 PROPRIETES 04 PV APPLICATION

05 CONCLUSION
In Troduction
When light strikes a photovoltaic (PV) cell, it can be reflected,
absorbed, or pass directly through the cell. The PV cell is
made of semiconductor material, which conducts electricity
better than an insulator but not as well as a good conductor
like metal. PV cells make use of a variety of semiconductor
materials.

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INTRODUCTION
When exposed to light, the semiconductor absorbs the
energy and transfers it to negatively charged particles in the
material known as electrons. This extra energy enables
electrons to flow as an electrical current through the
material. This current is extracted via conductive metal
contacts – the grid- like lines on solar cells – and used to
power your home and the rest of the electric grid.

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Solar cells based on c-Si are the most wildly utilized
in PV industries so far . solar cells based on c-Si have
high efficiency .however Si has an indirect gap and
low absorption coefficient. And it appears to be
largely unreactive at processing temperatures below
600

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 Good materiel properties
Potential absorber materials need to fulfills some
properties ;

• such as a large absorption coefficient

• band gap energy between 0.7 and 2 ev
• crystalline stability even under illumination
• not containing devastating native impurities

However only some of them are suitable to be

utilized in practice.

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Family
 Family history
Chalcogenide thin films solar cells state of the art

Copper-based chalcogenide absorber materials such

as CIGS, CZTSSe, and other possible copper-based
chalcogenide absorber materials .
They all have strong absorption coefficients, and the
gap energies can be tuned to be suited for PV
applications by alloying them.

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Copper finds an application in semiconductor
technology. Due to the unconditional conductive
property of copper

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To overcome all problems the tenary chalcogenide
semiconductors Cu2MS3 where M = Sn ; Ge , Si . and
their alloys are suggested .
CTS with monoclinic structure is considered as an
absorber material .and the conversion efficiencies of
4.63 and 4.29 are obtained by nakashima et al. and by
kanal et al. respectively

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.
Chalcogenide have a bright future and they are
consistently finding applications in various sectors.
these materials should have cheap manufacturing
process. These materials enlarge an excellent
challenge for their function and implementation in
sensor devices due to their good sensor-specific
advantages

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Optical Properties
Knowledge of the different ways and forms of the interaction
of light with matter in solid-state physics is of great
importance.
For example absorption, transmission, reflection, scattering
and emission. The study of the optical properties of solids is an
important tool in understanding the electronic properties of
materials.

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In some particular structures, the energy dependence
of the properties, mentioned before, on the band
structure is very important. Crucial information on
the eigenvalues as well as the Eigen functions is
necessary to calculate the frequency/energy
dependent on the optical properties

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 Bandgap
It’s the minimum amount of energy needed to free an
electron from its bond and this energy differs among
semiconductor materials

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 How can a pv be efficient ‫؟‬
indicating how effective the cell is at converting
energy from one form to another.
The bandgap of PV semiconductors is an important
parameter because it indicates what wavelengths of
light the material can absorb and convert to
electrical energy. If the bandgap of the
semiconductor matches the wavelengths of light
shining on the PV cell, the cell can efficiently use all
of the available energy

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Theoretically , the bandgap energy of CTS is
estimated to be between 0.8 and 0.9. which is
good agreement with experimental data. Since Ge
and Si are group IV element as Sn . It is expected to
tailor the band gap energies by alloying Sn in CTS
by Ge or Si . By alloying Sn bug e they fabricated a
solar cell using Cu2Sn0.83Ge0.17S3.
And the cell efficiency of 6 % was reported .the
gap energy is 1 ev for this compound .

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Araki et al synthesized a solar cell using Cu2GeS3
(CGS) as an absorber . which had an efficiency of
1.70% and the gap of is between 1.5 and 1.6 ev .
the band gap of Cu2SiS3 (CSS) is high as 2.56 ev
but alloying Sn with Si the energy gap decreases
to 1.40 ev according to measurement by
Toyonaga et al. to our knowledge there is no PV
cell fabricated based on compounds alloying sn
with si in CTS.

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To our knowledge there is no PV cell fabricated based
on compounds alloying Sn with Si in CTS.

The linear relation of gap is observed for all material

expect for pure CSS which is surprisingly large

The absorption coefficients of all compounds are

comparable with the one of CZTS especially higher
absorptions can be observed for CSS

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 Ternary compounds
Ternary Cu2SiS3 (CSS) is one of the new candidates as
a Cu-based absorber in solar cells .
And conversion efficiency of the corresponding solar
cell in between 4 % and 5 % today.
Main advantages using it rather quaternary
compounds are that CSS has not only fewer chemical
element but it also has fewer possibilities for various
native defects especially single charged donors and
acceptors

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 Cu2sis3 properties and optical properties

• For transmission of visible light we need either

bandgaps of more than 3 ev or low absorption
coefficients like those of indirect semiconductors like
silicon .
• Direct bandgaps are good choice because they have
high absorption coefficients and allow for thin
absorbers and a low material input .
• Indirect bandgap absorbers like silicon require thick
absorbers or light trapping techniques

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• Cu2SiS3 particles are transparent yellow which color
is suitable for host crystal in order to use maximum
sunlight about 450 nm .

• They have a potential for photocatalytic or

photoelectric application .

• In addiction to that the optical properties for the

ternary phase cu2sis3 are promising

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Conclusion
We focused on distinctive physical bonding
and properties of chalcogenides and then
covered general classes of chalcogenide
semiconductors
Finally, we look at applications in which
chalcogenides are used as an active or passive
layer, such as photovoltaic and photo-
electrochemical solar cells, transistors, and
light-emitting diodes.

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CONCLUION
By evaluating, categorizing, and discussing
potential prospects in chalcogenides, this
section of the study aims to encourage further
research on this growing class of
semiconductors and thus enable future
advancements in optoelectronic devices.

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Thank you for your attention