期刊
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-ENERGY
卷 4, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/2515-7655/ac96a4
关键词
kesterite; CZTS; alkali doping; CBD; PDA; thin film photovoltaics
资金
- European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program [777968]
- Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities under the IGNITE [ENE2017-87671-C3-1-R]
- European Regional Development Funds (ERDF, FEDER Programa Competitivitat de Catalunya 2007-2013)
- CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya
- SEMS (Solar Energy Materials and Systems) Consolidated Research Group of the 'Generalitat de Catalunya' [2017 SGR 862]
- Government of Spain [BES-2015-074171]
- European Union [FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF-625840]
- Italian Ministry of Economic Development
- National Research Council (CONICET, Argentina) [PIP 0175/16]
- Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP, Argentina)
- Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica [PICT 2425/18]
This study investigated a novel method of introducing alkali elements in kesterite-based solar cells. The addition of lithium and sodium improved the photovoltaic response of the cells, especially the open-circuit potential. However, a significant amount of alkali elements remained trapped within the CdS layer.
The addition of alkali elements has become mandatory for boosting solar cell performance in chalcogenide thin films based on kesterites (Cu2ZnSnS4, CZTS). A novel doping process is presented here, that consists in the incorporation of sodium or lithium during the deposition of the CdS buffer layer, followed by a post-deposition annealing (PDA). As the doping route leads to more efficient devices in comparison with the undoped reference sample, the influence of PDA temperature was also investigated. Compositional profiling techniques, time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) and glow discharge optical mission spectroscopy (GDOES), revealed a dependence of the alkaline distribution in kesterites with the PDA temperature. Although the doping process is effective in that it increases the alkaline concentration compared to the undoped sample, the compositional profiles indicate that a significant proportion of Li and Na remains 'trapped' within the CdS layer. In the 200 degrees C-300 degrees C range the alkali profiles registered the higher concentration inside the kesterite. Despite this, an additional alkali accumulation close to the molybdenum/fluorine doped tin oxide substrate was found for all the samples, which is frequently related to alkali segregation at interfaces. The addition of both, lithium and sodium, improves the photovoltaic response compared to the undoped reference device. This is mainly explained by a substantial improvement in the open-circuit potential (V (oc)) of the cells, with best devices achieving efficiencies of 4.5% and 3% for lithium and sodium, respectively. Scanning-electron microscopy images depicted a 'bilayer structure' with larger grains at the top and small grains at the bottom in all samples. Moreover, the calculated bandgap energies of the CZTS films account for changes in the crystallographic order-disorder of the kesterites, more related to the PDA treatment rather than alkali incorporation. Even if further optimization of the absorber synthesis and doping process will be required, this investigation allowed the evaluation of a novel strategy for alkali incorporation in kesterite based solar cells.
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