Journal
PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI-RAPID RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/pssr.201700332
Keywords
carrier injection/extraction; electrode selectivity; energy band alignment; heterojunction solar cells; ZnSnN2 thin films
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61474126, 61674155]
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province [LY16F040002]
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFF0203604]
- program for Ningbo Municipal Science and Technology Innovative Research Team [2016B10005]
- CAS-TWAS
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In this article, we report the growth of zinc-tin nitride (ZnSnN2) thin films as a potential absorber for photovoltaic applications by fabricating a heterojunction of n-ZnSnN2/p-SnO. The performance of the heterojunction has been monitored through selective deposition of top electrode with different materials (Ni/Au or Al). The electron-transfer process from the ZnSnN2 layer to the cathode is facilitated by selecting metal electrode with relatively low work function, which also boosts up the electron injection or/and extraction. The diode exhibits a good J-V response in the dark with a rectification ratio of 3x10(3) at 1.0V and an ideality factor of 4.2 in particular with Al as the top electrode. Under illumination, the heterostructure solar cell demonstrates a power conversion efficiency of approximate to 0.37% with an open circuit voltage of 0.25V and a short circuit current density of 4.16mAcm(-2). The prime strategies, on how to improve solar cell efficiency concerning band offsets and band alignment engineering are also discussed.
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