Impact of Sn(S,Se) secondary phases in Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 solar cells: A chemical route for their selective removal and absorber surface passivation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 12744-12751

  Xie, Haibing ^a   Sánchez, Yudania ^a   López Marino, Simón ^a   Espíndola Rodríguez, Moisés ^a   Neuschitzer, Markus ^a   Sylla, Diouldé ^a   Fairbrother, Andrew ^a   Izquierdo Roca, Victor ^a   Pérez Rodríguez, Alejandro ^a,b   Saucedo, Edgardo ^a  

^a CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

chemical etching; kesterites; secondary phases; Sn(S,Se); solar cells; thin films

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ETCHING; PASSIVATION; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; TIN;

CHEMICAL ETCHING; CHEMICAL ROUTES; ETCHING PROCESS; KESTERITES; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELING; SECONDARY PHASIS; SELECTIVE REMOVAL; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84906283220     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am502609c     Document Type: Article

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