Optimized fabrication of sputter deposited Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin films

Solar Energy

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 196-203

  Inamdar, A I ^a   Lee, Seulgi ^a   Jeon, Ki Young ^a   Lee, Chong Ha ^a   Pawar, S M ^a   Kalubarme, R S ^b   Park, Chan Jin ^b   Im, Hyunsik ^a   Jung, Woong ^a   Kim, Hyungsang ^a  

^a Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin films; Magnetron sputtering; Raman spectroscopy; Solar cell; Thermal annealing

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; BAND GAP ENERGY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; EFFECTIVE SYNTHESIS; RADIO FREQUENCY MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; SODA LIME GLASS SUBSTRATE; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

ANNEALING; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; TIN; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

COPPER;

ABSORPTION; ANNEALING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COPPER; FUEL CELL; OPTIMIZATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTRATE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

EID: 84875255094     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. 4 solid solutions as absorber materials for solar cells. Physica Status Solidi A 2007, 205:167-170.
2. Andersson B.A. Materials availability for large-scale thin-film photovoltaics. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 2000, 8:61-76.
3. 4 solar cell. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 2012, 20:6-11.
4. Bayansal F., Cetinkara H.A., Kahraman S., Cakmak H.M., Guder H.S. Nano-structured CuO films prepared by simple solution methods: plate-like, needle-like and network-like architectures. Ceramic International 2012, 38:1859-1866.
5. 4 films and solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2012, 98:110-117.
6. 4. Applied Physics Letters 2010, 96:021902.
7. 4 thin films. Thin Solid Films 2009, 517:2519-2523.
8. Green M.A., Emery K., Hishikawa Y., Warta W. Solar cell efficiency tables (version 36). Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 2010, 18:346-352.
9. 4 (CZTS) absorber layer and metal doped ZnS buffer layer for heterojunction solar cell applications. ECS Transactions 2011, 41(4):167-175.
10. 4 (CZTS) thin films for heterojunction solar-cell applications. Journal of the Korean Physical Society 2012, 60(10):1730-1734.
11. Ito K., Nakazawa T. Electrical and optical properties of stannite-type quaternary semiconductor thin film. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 1988, 27(11):2094-2097.
12. 4 thin films by X-ray absorption near edge structure analysis. Applied Physics Letters 2011, 99:262105.
13. 4 thin films by sulfurization of E-B evaporated precursors. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 1997, 49:407-414.
14. Katagiri H., Jimbo K., Maw W.S., Oishi K., Yamazaki M., Araki H., Takeuchi A. Development of CZTS-based thin film solar cells. Thin Solid Films 2009, 517:2455-2460.
15. Katagiri, H., Jimbo, K., Tahara, M., Araki, H., Oishi, K., 2009b. In: The Influence of the Composition Ratio on CZTS-based Thin Film Solar Cells, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceeding 1165, M04-01.
16. 4 monograin solar cells. Solar Energy 2010, 84:379-383.
17. 4 thin films by reactive magnetron co-sputtering. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2010, 94:2431-2434.
18. 4 nanoflakes by successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction technique: characterization and application. Electrochimica Acta 2012, 66:216-221.
19. 4 thin films by SILAR method. Journal of Physics Chemistry of Solids 2012, 73:735-740.
20. Mitzi D.B., Gunawan O., Todorov T.K., Wang K., Guha S. The path towards a high-performance solution-processed kesterite solar cell. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2011, 95:1421-1436.
21. Moholkar A.V., Shinde S.S., Babar A.R., Sim Kyu-Ung, Kwon Ye-bin, Rajpure K.Y., Patil P.S., Bhosale C.H., Kim J.H. Development of CZTS thin films solar cells by pulsed laser deposition: influence of pulse repetition rate. Solar Energy 2011, 85:1354-1363.
22. 4. Applied Surface Science 1996, 92:171-175.
23. 4 (CZTS) thin films for solar cell application. Electrochimica Acta 2010, 55:4057-4061.
24. 4 thin films. Solar Energy 2011, 85:249-255.
25. 4 thin film solar cells by fast coevaporation. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 2011, 19:93-96.
26. 4 absorber layers by an electrodeposition-annealing route. Thin Solid Films 2009, 517:2481-2484.
27. Shannon R.D. The Review in Structure and Bonding in Crystals 1981, vol. II. Academic, New York.
28. Shin, B., Gunawan, O., Zhu, Y., Bojarczuk, N.A., Chey, S.J., Guha, S., 2011. Thin film solar cell with 8.4% power conversion efficiency using an earth-abundant Cu2ZnSnS4 absorber. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications (DOI: 10.1002/pip. 1174).
29. 4 (CZTS) absorbing layer for photovoltaic application. Materials Research Bulletin 2012, 47:302-307.
30. Sigmund P. Theory of sputtering I. Sputtering yield of amorphous and polycrystalline targets. Physical Review 1969, 184:383-416.
31. 4 thin films deposited by pulsed laser deposition method. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2011, 95:2907-2913.
32. 4 thin film solar cell efficiency. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2011, 95:838-842.
33. Todorov T.K., Reuter K.B., Mitzi D.B. High-efficiency solar cell with earth-abundant liquid-processed absorber. Advanced Materials 2010, 22:E156-E159.
34. Wadia C., Alivisatos A.P., Kammen D.M. Materials availability expands the opportunity for large-scale photovoltaics deployment. Environmental Science and Technology 2009, 43:2072-2077.
35. 4 thin films by RF magnetron sputtering from binary chalcogenide targets. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 2007, 68:1908-1913.
36. Woo K., Kim Y., Moon J. A non-toxic, solution-processed, earth abundant absorbing layer for thin-film solar cells. Energy and Environmental Science 2012, 5:5340-5345.
37. 4 thin film prepared by sol-gel for optoelectronic applications. Solar Energy 2011, 85:2518-2523.
38. 4 thin film solar cells produced by selenisation of magnetron sputtered precursors. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 2009, 17:315-319.