Author(s)

Towhid Adnan Chowdhury

Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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.

Sb₂Se₃, Electroless, Depth Profiling, Thin Film, X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Chowdhury, T. (2023) XPS Study of Electroless Deposited Sb₂Se₃ Thin Films for Solar Cell Absorber Material. Energy and Power Engineering, 15, 363-371. doi: 10.4236/epe.2023.1511021.