Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8034298 | Thin Solid Films | 2015 | 17 Pages |
Abstract
Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 (CZTSSe) solar cells were fabricated with an annealing treatment before the deposition of buffer layers to improve their photovoltaic performance. The CZTSSe absorbers were produced by sulfurization and selenization of metallic precursors. The efficiency of the solar cells increased from 5.5% without the annealing treatment to 8.8% with the annealing treatment at a temperature of 200 °C before buffer layer fabrication. Photoluminescence (PL) measurements revealed that the density of defects in the CZTSSe absorber that acted as non-radiative recombination centers decreased with the annealing treatment. The PL peak intensity exhibited a linear relationship with the open circuit voltage and the fill factor. In addition, the carrier density and hole mobility of the CZTSSe absorbers, which were respectively investigated by capacitance-voltage and Hall effect measurements, increased with the annealing treatment, thus improving cell performance.
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Authors
Daisuke Hironiwa, Noriyuki Sakai, Takuya Kato, Hiroki Sugimoto, Zeguo Tang, Jakapan Chantana, Takashi Minemoto,