TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward a high Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell efficiency processed by spray pyrolysis method
AU - Vigil-Galán, O.
AU - Courel, Maykel
AU - Espindola-Rodriguez, M.
AU - Izquierdo-Roca, V.
AU - Saucedo, E.
AU - Fairbrother, A.
N1 - Funding Information:
O. Vigil-Galán acknowledges support from COFAA and EDI of IPN. M. Courel thanks the CONACYT and PIFI fellowship support. This work was partially supported by SENER-Conacyt (Project No. 000000000117891) and MINECO from Spain project KEST-PV (Ref. ENE2010-121541-C03-1) and by European Regional Development Funds (ERDF, FEDER Programa Competitivitat de Catalunya 2007–2013). The authors from IREC belong to the XaRMAE Network of Excellence on Materials for Energy of the “Generalitat de Catalunya.” E.S. thanks the Government of Spain for the “Ramon y Cajal” fellowship (RYC-2011-09212). M.E. thanks the FPI-MINECO (Ref. BES-2011-045774).
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - In this work, a review about the influence of the growth parameters on the chemical and physical properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) deposited by pneumatic spray pyrolysis technique and its impact on the thin film solar cells is presented and analyzed in order to identify the major drawbacks of this technique and the possibility to improve the device efficiency. Our best solar cell using sprayed CZTS shows an open-circuit voltage of 361 mV, a short-circuit current density of 7.5 mA/cm2, a fill factor of 0.37, and an efficiency of 1% under irradiation of AM 1.5 and 100 mW/cm2. Some of the key mechanisms related to the properties of sprayed CZTS layers, as well as those concerning the solar cells mechanisms that limit the cell performance, are also analyzed.
AB - In this work, a review about the influence of the growth parameters on the chemical and physical properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) deposited by pneumatic spray pyrolysis technique and its impact on the thin film solar cells is presented and analyzed in order to identify the major drawbacks of this technique and the possibility to improve the device efficiency. Our best solar cell using sprayed CZTS shows an open-circuit voltage of 361 mV, a short-circuit current density of 7.5 mA/cm2, a fill factor of 0.37, and an efficiency of 1% under irradiation of AM 1.5 and 100 mW/cm2. Some of the key mechanisms related to the properties of sprayed CZTS layers, as well as those concerning the solar cells mechanisms that limit the cell performance, are also analyzed.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.4825253
DO - 10.1063/1.4825253
M3 - Artículo de revisión
SN - 1941-7012
VL - 5
JO - Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy
JF - Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy
IS - 5
M1 - 053137
ER -