Visual Color Change During Spin-coating Guiding the Quality of Cu2 ZnSn(S,Se)4 Films

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Solution method provides a low-cost and environmentally friendly route for the fabrication of Cu2 ZnSn(S,Se)4 (CZTSSe) thin-film solar cells. However, uncontrollable quality of the CZTSSe absorber layer will severely limit the device's performance. In this study, it is find that the thickness and the quality of the formed precursor is not stable because of the variation of the viscosity of the precursor solution. Combined by different characterization methods, the results disclose that such change is strongly related to the reflected color of the first coating layer during precursor growth. Further studies disclose that only by maintaining the appropriate reflected color can a well-crystallized CZTSSe film be prepared, thereby obtaining good solar cell efficiency. This semi-empirical pattern is confirmed by thin-film interference theory. Under the guidance of this method, CZTSSe absorbers with high quality are obtained easily, and the highly efficient CZTSSe solar cell can be fabricated easily. This study provides a feasible and effective strategy to obtain the optimal structure and composition of CZTSSe film toward the production of highly efficient kesterite solar cells, which can also be widely applied to the preparation of other films by solution-based method.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Small methods - 8(2024), 1 vom: 15. Jan., Seite e2300971

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Zuoyun [VerfasserIn]
Meng, Rutao [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Hongling [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yali [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Xuejun [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Han [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jianpeng [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CZTSSe solar cells
Film growth
Journal Article
Reflected light
Spin-coating

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Date Revised 18.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/smtd.202300971

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362326061