Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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11031454 | Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing | 2019 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
In this study, we found that the performance of a Cu2Zn(Sn1-xGex)S4 (CZTGS) device was improved in the Zn-poor composition rather than the Zn-rich composition, because the influence of the detrimental defects (SnZn and 2CuZn + SnZn) in the Zn-poor composition was significantly reduced by Ge-substitution on the Sn site. Decreasing the Zn composition reduced the formation of the ZnS secondary phase at the interface of the absorber and Mo-back contact. The red-shift of PL emission energy from the band gap energy for CZTGS films was less than that in the CZTS films, indicating the reduction of detrimental defects in the absorber layer. The trade-off between the formation of the ZnS secondary phase and the defects contributed to the change resulting in the optimized Zn composition for improved device performance. Consequently, the CZTS device achieved an optimized efficiency (2.81%) at Zn/Sn =â¯1.18 (Zn-rich), while the CZTGS device achieved the improved efficiency (4.48%) at Zn/(Sn + Ge) =â¯0.95.
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Authors
Kwang-Soo Lim, Seong-Man Yu, Seongrok Seo, Hyunjung Shin, Tae-Sik Oh, Ji-Beom Yoo,