TY - JOUR
T1 - CdS/ZnS Bilayer Thin Films Used As Buffer Layer in 10%-Efficient Cu2ZnSnSe4Solar Cells
AU - Hernández-Calderón, V.
AU - Vigil-Galán, O.
AU - Guc, M.
AU - Carrillo-Osuna, A.
AU - Ramírez-Velasco, S.
AU - Sánchez-Rodríguez, F. J.
AU - Vidal-Fuentes, P.
AU - Giraldo, S.
AU - Saucedo, E.
AU - Sánchez, Y.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2020/7/27
Y1 - 2020/7/27
N2 - This work deals with the soda-lime glass/Mo/Cu2ZnSnSe4/CdS/ZnS/i-ZnO/ITO solar cells. CdS/ZnS bilayers were synthesized by chemical bath deposition (CBD) method as buffer layers for Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe) solar cells. The depositions were carried out by varying the deposition time of the CdS film, while keeping the deposition time of the ZnS film constant. The devices went from 7.2% efficiency in a reference device using CdS to 10% in a device including a thin film of ZnS. All devices were processed without any additional annealing treatment on CdS/ZnS layers. J-V, EQE, SEM, Raman, and C-V characterizations were performed to investigate the properties of the solar cells as a function of the thickness of the CdS layer and to shed light on the origin of influence of the ZnS layer to the device performance. Moreover, the influence of physical properties of the buffer bilayers on the electrical parameters of the solar cells are discussed by means of numerical simulation.
AB - This work deals with the soda-lime glass/Mo/Cu2ZnSnSe4/CdS/ZnS/i-ZnO/ITO solar cells. CdS/ZnS bilayers were synthesized by chemical bath deposition (CBD) method as buffer layers for Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe) solar cells. The depositions were carried out by varying the deposition time of the CdS film, while keeping the deposition time of the ZnS film constant. The devices went from 7.2% efficiency in a reference device using CdS to 10% in a device including a thin film of ZnS. All devices were processed without any additional annealing treatment on CdS/ZnS layers. J-V, EQE, SEM, Raman, and C-V characterizations were performed to investigate the properties of the solar cells as a function of the thickness of the CdS layer and to shed light on the origin of influence of the ZnS layer to the device performance. Moreover, the influence of physical properties of the buffer bilayers on the electrical parameters of the solar cells are discussed by means of numerical simulation.
KW - CBD chemical process
KW - CdS/ZnS bilayers buffer layer
KW - chalcogenides
KW - kesterite; CZTSe thin-film solar cells
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U2 - 10.1021/acsaem.0c00937
DO - 10.1021/acsaem.0c00937
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85090394921
SN - 2574-0962
VL - 3
SP - 6815
EP - 6823
JO - ACS Applied Energy Materials
JF - ACS Applied Energy Materials
IS - 7
ER -