Journal
PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 212, Issue 9, Pages 1984-1990Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201431807
Keywords
Cu2ZnSnSe4; optical absorption; optical properties; refractive index; solar cells; thin films
Funding
- Flemish government, Department of Economy, Science, and Innovation (EWI)
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Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe) thin him solar cells are promising emergent photovoltaic technologies based on low-bandgap absorber layer with high absorption coefficient. To reduce optical losses in such devices and thus improve their efficiency. numerical simulations of CZTSe solar cells optical characteristics can he performed based on individual optical properties of each layer present in the cell structure. In this contribution. we have first determined the optical coefficients of individual thin films (i.e., of the absorber. buffer. and window layers) to build a realistic model simulating the optical behavior of the whole cell stack we propose. Optical characterization was performed using two approaches. one based on ellipsometry measurements for characterising thin flat cadmium sulfide (CdS) and /1111: oxide (ZnO) layers and the other relying on reflectance and transmission (R/fl analysis for the rough CZTSe absorber. Then. we perlbrmed numerical simulations using as input experimental optical parameters predicting optimal CZTSe cell structure minimiing optical losses. The impact ()leach layer's thickness on the cell's short-circuit current has been studied. A set of optimal thicknesses of each of the active layers was proposed. Finally. the proposed optical optimization was experimented practically leading to CZTSe cells with 9.7 %( and II) Y(efficiencies. (C) 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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