First-principles study of novel Cs3SCl anti-perovskite and performance assessment of solar cell structures with different hole transport layers and back contact metals
Md. Earshad Ali, Anis Attour, Md. Nobiul Islam, Karim Kriaa, Md. Azizur Rahman, S. AlFaify, Noureddine Elboughdiri · 2026
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Md. Earshad Ali and colleagues screen a new lead-free compound, Cs3SCl, as a possible base for solar cells, using computer physics rather than lab synthesis. Materials in this anti-perovskite family draw interest for cheap, safer solar power without toxic lead. The team ran density-based calculations on structure, stability, light response, and device output.
The compound came out stable on heat, motion, and stress grounds, with a bendable rather than brittle character. Its energy gap, the value that sets which light a cell can harvest, landed at 1.185 electron volts by one method and 2.051 by a stricter second method. Device simulations then tried several hole-carrying layers and back metals to find the best stack. The results mark the compound as worth a first lab trial.
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| CREATOR | Md. Earshad Ali, Anis Attour, Md. Nobiul Islam, Karim Kriaa, Md. Azizur Rahman, S. AlFaify, Noureddine Elboughdiri |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 98 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |