Journal
SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
Volume 128, Issue -, Pages 362-368Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.06.013
Keywords
CZTSSe thin film solar cell; Non-toxic solution process; Low temperature processing; Ramping rate; Reaction pathway
Funding
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korean government (MEST) [2012R1A3A2026417]
- third Stage of Brain Korea 21 Plus Project
- National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST), Republic of Korea [KK-1402, KK-1402-C0] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2012R1A3A2026417] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Solution processing for kesterite Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)(4) (CZTSSe) thin-film solar cells has the potential to provide economical and large-scale implementation of highly efficient photovoltaics. However, to date, post-sulfurization/selenization at high temperatures (500-550 degrees C) or highly toxic solvents have generally been involved in most fabrication routes, resulting in problems such as phase separation, chalcogen loss (or Sn loss), and safety issues. In this paper, an ethanol solvent-based precursor ink is newly designed for fabricating a CZTSSe absorber layer at much lower temperatures (as low as 400 degrees C) without a post-sulfurization/selenization process. The precursor ink is composed of a commercially available powder mixture of easily decomposable copper(II) formate, Zn, Sn, S, and Se, which allow us to fabricate a CZTSSe film with large grains (1-1.5 mu m) and a reasonable band gap (similar to 1.1 eV). It is found that the formation of a homogeneous CZTSSe phase could be effectively promoted by rapid annealing, suggesting that the ramping rate is a critical factor to obtaining high quality absorber layer. Our CZTSSe device (rapidly annealed at 400 degrees C) exhibits an efficiency of 4.67% under AM 1.5 illumination. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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