Improvement of Mo/Cu2ZnSnS4 interface for Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin film solar cell application

Hongtao Cui; Xiaolei Liu; Xiaojing Hao; Fangyang Liu; Ning Song; Wei Li; Chang Yan; Gavin Conibeer; Martin Green

Improvement of Mo/Cu2ZnSnS4 interface for Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin film solar cell application

Hongtao Cui^*, Xiaolei Liu, Xiaojing Hao, Fangyang Liu, Ning Song, Wei Li, Chang Yan, Gavin Conibeer, Martin Green

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Abstract

The focus of this work is on back contact improvement for sputtered CZTS thin film solar cells. Three methods have been investigated including a thin Ag coating, a thin ZnO coating on the Mo back contact and rapid thermal annealing of the back contact. All of these methods have been found to reduce defects such as voids as well as secondary phases at the back contact region and inhibit the formation of MoS2. Consequently all the mothods effectively enhances Voc, Jsc, FF and therefore efficiency significantly.

Original language	English
Journal	Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
Volume	1638
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	2013 MRS Fall Meeting - Boston, MA, United States Duration: 1 Dec 2013 → 6 Dec 2013

Keywords

environmentally benign
photovoltaic
polycrystal

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Improvement of Mo/Cu2ZnSnS4 interface for Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin film solar cell application

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