The Effect of Dopant Metal on the Crystallite Size and Photovoltaic Efficiency of PbS

Sabit Horoz

doi:10.5281/zenodo.7465006

Authors

Sabit Horoz Sivas Science and Technology University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3238-8789

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7465006

Keywords:

Thin films, dopant metal, synthesis, photovoltaic, crystallite size

Abstract

To examine how the Mn-doped metal affects the crystallite size and photovoltaic efficiency of PbS, Mn-doped PbS thin films were synthesized by a cost-effective chemical bath deposition technique. In order to calculate the crystallite sizes of the synthesized thin films and to examine the photovoltaic efficiency, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and incident photon-to-electron conversion efficiency (IPCE) were performed, respectively.

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