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21-02-2017 | Original Paper

Fabrication of Cu₂SnS₃ thin-film solar cells with oxide precursor by pulsed laser deposition

Authors: Yaguang Wang, Jianmin Li, Cong Xue, Yan Zhang, Guoshun Jiang, Weifeng Liu, Changfei Zhu

Published in: Journal of Materials Science | Issue 11/2017

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In this paper, Cu₂SnS₃ (CTS) thin film is fabricated through sulfurization of oxide precursor which is deposited by pulsed laser deposition with a mixed CuO/SnO₂ target. XRD and Raman analyses indicate a pure monoclinic Cu₂SnS₃ phase has been obtained by sulfurization at temperature from 500 to 600 °C. A compact and smooth film with polycrystalline structure is observed through SEM result. In addition, the CTS films show excellent absorbance with the band gap around 0.91 eV estimated by UV–Vis, which is suitable for the absorption layer of solar cells. Final devices were fabricated with a SLG/Mo/CTS/CdS/i-ZnO/AZO/Al structure. Device performance is improved with the temperature increasing. The best efficiency of CTS-based solar cells is 0.69% with an open-circuit voltage of 144 mV and a short-circuit current density of 18.30 mA/cm⁻².

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Title: Fabrication of Cu2SnS3 thin-film solar cells with oxide precursor by pulsed laser deposition
Authors: Yaguang Wang
Jianmin Li
Cong Xue
Yan Zhang
Guoshun Jiang
Weifeng Liu
Changfei Zhu
Publication date: 21-02-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Materials Science / Issue 11/2017
Print ISSN: 0022-2461
Electronic ISSN: 1573-4803
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-0856-5

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