Sputter grown sub-micrometer thick Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film for photovoltaic device application

Goutam Kumar Dalapati; Sudip K. Batabyal; Saeid Masudy-Panah; Zhenghua Su; Ajay Kushwaha; Ten It Wong; Hong Fei Liu; Thirumaleshwara Bhat; Aneesa Iskander; Yee Fun Lim; Lydia Helena Wong; Sudhiranjan Tripathy; Dongzhi Chi

doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2015.07.089

Sputter grown sub-micrometer thick Cu₂ZnSnS₄ thin film for photovoltaic device application

Goutam Kumar Dalapati^*, Sudip K. Batabyal, Saeid Masudy-Panah, Zhenghua Su, Ajay Kushwaha, Ten It Wong, Hong Fei Liu, Thirumaleshwara Bhat, Aneesa Iskander, Yee Fun Lim, Lydia Helena Wong, Sudhiranjan Tripathy, Dongzhi Chi

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Abstract

Abstract Structural properties and solar cells performance of sputter grown sub-micrometer thick (~600 nm) Cu₂ZnSnS₄ (CZTS) films are investigated for low cost and large scale photovoltaic deployment. The CZTS films are deposited using single quaternary stoichiometric target at room temperature. X-ray diffraction, micro-Raman spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy measurements were carried out to investigate the structural property and secondary phase formation. The intense phonon peak at 334 cm^-1 in the visible Raman spectra confirms the deposition of single phase CZTS films. CZTS-based thin film solar cells show excellent performance with open circuit voltage ~600 mV and over all cell efficiency of ~3.07%, exhibiting commercial potential toward large scale fabrication of photovoltaic devices.

Original language	English
Article number	19287
Pages (from-to)	45-50
Number of pages	6
Journal	Materials Letters
Volume	160
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2015.07.089
Publication status	Published - Jul 25 2015
Externally published	Yes

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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

Keywords

Micro-Raman spectroscopy
Photovoltaic devices
Sputter grown
Sub-micrometer thick CuZnSnS

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