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This work has been published in Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 215 (2020) 110603 (DOI:10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110603). Antimony selenide (Sb2Se3) based solar cell technology has experienced rapid development with demonstrated cell efficiency reaching ̴ 9.2% for devices with substrate configuration, hence necessitating more intense research investigation for further progress. Though the effect of crystallographic orientation in this non-cubic material on device performance is now well understood, the influence of composition and intrinsic defects remains debatable. In this work we describe the fabrication and device characteristics of Sb2Se3 solar cells designed in the substrate configuration of (SLG/Mo/Sb2Se3/CdS/i-ZnO+ITO). Notably, Sb2Se3 absorber layers with predominant (hk0) orientation were deposited in a single step by e-beam evaporation of pre synthesized bulk source material. As grown precursor Sb2Se3 thin films were subjected to reactive thermal annealing (RTA) treatment in the presence of Se source at different temperatures for enhancing their crystalline quality and balancing their stoichiometry. Analysis of the completed solar cells indicated improved efficiencies post RTA process, with the best performing devices exhibiting a power conversion efficiency (η) of ~ 4.34% for an absorber annealed at a temperature of 350 °C. The improved efficiency is ascribed to the observed changes in chemical composition of the absorber layer and the possible formation of related beneficial antisite defects. ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 712949 (TECNIOspring PLUS)" and the Government of Catalonia's Agency for Business Competitiveness(ACCIÓ). This research was also supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities under the WINCOST (ENE2016-80788-C5-1-R) project, and by the European Regional Development Funds (ERDF, FEDER Programa Competitivitat de Catalunya ...

This work has been published in in Solar RRL 2020, 4, 2000141 (DOI:10.1002/solr.202000141). Quasi-one-dimensional chalcogenides are under the spotlight due to their unique properties for several technological applications including computing, photonic, sensing and energy conversion. In particular, antimony chalcogenides have recently experienced incredible progresses as emerging photovoltaic materials. In this work, the fabrication by a sequential process of Sb2Se3 solar cells is addressed, and the annealing temperature is found as the main parameter controlling the composition of the Se-rich absorbers. Building on this, a systematic study of the evolution of the optolectronic parameters of the solar cells as a function of the Se excess is presented together with a thourough characterization of the devices that sheds light on their main limiting factors. A record power conversion efficiency of 5.7% is achieved, the highest reported value using reactive annealing on a metallic precursor for this material. ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 712949 (TECNIOspring PLUS) and the Government of Catalonia's Agency for Business Competitiveness (ACCIÓ). This research has also been supported by the H2020 Programme under the project INFINITE-CELL (grant no. H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017-777968), by the DURACIS project from the SOLARERANET International program (subproject ref. PCIN-2017-041 funded by Spanish MINECO), by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities under the WINCOST (grant no. ENE2016-80788-C5-1-R), and by the European Regional Development Funds (ERDF, FEDER Programa Competitivitat