Wang, ShifanYan, DiMichel, Jesus IbarraCorletto, AlexanderWibowo, Ary AnggaraBalendhran, SivacarendranLee, Ha YoungByun, SujeongKim, SejeongCrozier, Kenneth B.Sherrell, Peter C.Macdonald, DanielBullock, James2025-05-262025-05-261936-0851WOS:001298218500001PubMed:39178239ORCID:/0000-0002-5631-4872/work/182749325ORCID:/0000-0001-5792-7630/work/182749687https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=anu_research_portal_plus2&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:001298218500001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPLhttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733753708van der Waals (vdW) layered materials have been shown to have excellent optoelectronic properties relevant to photovoltaics. Despite their promise, the demonstrated efficiencies of vdW material solar cells remain low and are seldom supported by statistics or spectral quantum efficiency analysis. In this study, we utilize a p-type WSe2 absorber, forming a solar cell with a transparent front InOx electron contact, and a rear Pd reflector/hole contact. We fabricate multiple devices providing statistics for 10 devices with an average 1 sun conversion efficiency above 5%, among which a champion efficiency of 6.37% is achieved. This is the highest AM 1.5G 1 sun efficiency reported for a vdW material solar cell, with a current density supported by external quantum efficiency analysis. This cell is also shown to have near unity quantum efficiency around lambda = 600 nm. This work provides support to vdW materials being considered as serious candidates for future thin-film solar cells.This work was performed in part at the Melbourne Center for Nanofabrication (MCN) and the Melbourne Characterisation and Fabrication Platform (MCFP) in the Victorian Node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF). This work was supported by the Australian Research Council (DE210101129). J.B. acknowledges support from the MCN Technology Fellowship program. We acknowledge the scientific and technical assistance from RMIT Microscopy & Microanalysis Facility (RMMF) at RMIT University. P.C.S. acknowledges support from RMIT University through the RMIT Vice-Chancellor's Fellowship Scheme (2023). The authors wish to acknowledge the use of the facilities and the assistance of Jisheng Ma and Tian Zhang at the Monash X-ray Platform for the GIXRD measurements in the Supporting Information.7enInOxWSe2PhotovoltaicsSolar cellsvan der Waals materials202410.1021/acsnano.4c0652585202158620