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Physical and electrical characterization of high-performance based thin film solar cells
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We report on the electrical, optical and physical properties of Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cells using an absorber layer fabricated by selenization of sputtered Cu, Zn and Cu10Sn90 multilayers. A maximum active-area conversion efficiency of 10.4% under AM1.5G was measured with a maximum short circuit current density of 39.7 mA/cm(2), an open circuit voltage of 394 mV and a fill factor of 66.4%. We perform electrical and optical characterization using photoluminescence spectroscopy, external quantum efficiency, current-voltage and admittance versus temperature measurements in order to derive information about possible causes for the low open circuit voltage values observed. The main defects derived from these measurements are strong potential fluctuations in the absorber layer as well as a potential barrier of the order of 133 meV at the back side contact. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Thin solid films : an international journal on the science and technology of thin and thick films. - Lausanne, 1967, currens
Publication
Lausanne : 2015
ISSN
0040-6090 [print]
1879-2731 [online]
DOI
10.1016/J.TSF.2014.10.052
Volume/pages
582 (2015) , p. 224-228
ISI
000352225900048
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