Journal
SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
Volume 93, Issue 6-7, Pages 996-999Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.11.045
Keywords
Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS); Electroplated precursors; Sulfurization; Thin film solar cells
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Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin films were prepared by sulfurizing precursors deposited by electroplating. The precursors (Cu/Sn/Zn stacked layers) were deposited by electroplating sequentially onto Mo-coated glass substrates. Aqueous solutions containing copper sulfate for Cu plating, tin sulfate for Sn plating and zinc sulfate for Zn plating were used as the electrolytes. The precursors were sulfurized by annealing with sulfur at temperatures of 300, 400, 500 and 600 degrees C in an N-2 gas atmosphere. The X-ray diffraction peaks attributable to CZTS were detected in thin films sulfurized at temperatures above 400 degrees C. A photovoltaic cell using a CZTS thin film produced by sulfurizing an electroplated Sn-rich precursor at 600 degrees C exhibited an open-circuit voltage of 262 mV, a short-circuit current of 9.85 mA/cm(2) and an efficiency of 0.98%. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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