학술논문

Advanced hybrid buffer layers for Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cells
Document Type
Conference
Source
2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2016 IEEE 43rd. :1511-1515 Jun, 2016
Subject
Aerospace
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Engineering Profession
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Photonics and Electrooptics
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Buffer layers
Photovoltaic cells
II-VI semiconductor materials
Zinc compounds
Performance evaluation
Chemicals
Annealing
cadmium compounds
chemical processes
energy conversion
photovoltaic cells
thin film devices
Language
Abstract
Hybrid buffer layers configurations are investigated for their application in Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 based solar cells. For this purpose, In 2 S 3 /CdS, ZnS/CdS, CdS/In 2 S 3 and CdS/ZnS were deposited by chemical bath deposition and fully characterized. Additionally, the impact of CdS grown with different precursors (CdSO 4 and Cd(NO 3 ) 2 ) were also tested. Solar cells with 7.3% efficiency were obtained using In 2 S 3 /CdS and 8.9% using ZnS/CdS hybrid configurations, with efficiencies comparable or higher than the reference devices. These promising results point towards the need of exploring alternative hybrid buffers for CZTSe-based solar cells not only to maintain high efficiencies, but also to reduce the Cd content.