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Characterization of Cu2ZnSnSe4 Thin Films Selenized with Cu2-xSe/SnSe2/ZnSe and Cu/SnSe2/ZnSe Stacks

  • Munir, Rahim (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Jung, Gwang Sun (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Ko, Young Min (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Ahn, Byung Tae (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
  • Received : 2012.11.27
  • Accepted : 2013.01.18
  • Published : 2013.03.27
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Abstract

$Cu_2ZnSn(S,Se)_4$ material is receiving an increased amount of attention for solar cell applications as an absorber layer because it consists of inexpensive and abundant materials (Zn and Sn) instead of the expensive and rare materials (In and Ga) in $Cu(In,Ga)Se_2$ solar cells. We were able to achieve a cell conversion efficiency to 4.7% by the selenization of a stacked metal precursor with the Cu/(Zn + Sn)/Mo/glass structure. However, the selenization of the metal precursor results in large voids at the absorber/Mo interface because metals diffuse out through the top CZTSe layer. To avoid the voids at the absorber/Mo interface, binary selenide compounds of ZnSe and $SnSe_2$ were employed as a precursor instead of Zn and Sn metals. It was found that the precursor with Cu/$SnSe_2$/ZnSe stack provided a uniform film with larger grains compared to that with $Cu_2Se/SnSe_2$/ZnSe stack. Also, voids were not observed at the $Cu_2ZnSnSe_4$/Mo interface. A severe loss of Sn was observed after a high-temperature annealing process, suggesting that selenization in this case should be performed in a closed system with a uniform temperature in a $SnSe_2$ environment. However, in the experiments, Cu top-layer stack had more of an effect on reducing Sn loss compared to $Cu_2Se$ top-layer stack.

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