• DocumentCode
    2770869
  • Title

    Sulfurization studies of the potential thin film solar absorber Cu2ZnSnS4

  • Author

    Cheng, An-Jen ; Mann, Mike ; Frakie, Rachel ; Hoffman, Rachel ; Leighton, Chris ; Aydil, Eray ; Campbe, Stephen A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    20-25 June 2010
  • Abstract
    A study of the sulfurization conditions for synthesizing a next generation solar absorber, Cu2ZnSnS4, is presented. As-deposited metal film stacks were either vacuum annealed or directly sulfurized under different sulfurization parameters, for comparison. SEM/EDS, XRD, and Raman characterization tools were used to investigate the sulfurized CZTS films. Single phase, relatively uniform CZTS solar absorber films were achieved via this study.
  • Keywords
    Raman spectra; copper compounds; scanning electron microscopy; solar absorber-convertors; solar cells; thin films; tin compounds; zinc compounds; As-deposited metal film stacks; Cu2ZnSnS4; Raman characterization tools; SEM-EDS; XRD; next generation solar absorber synthesis; potential thin film solar absorber; sulfurization study; sulfurized CZTS films; uniform CZTS solar absorber films; vacuum annealing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2010 35th IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Honolulu, HI
  • ISSN
    0160-8371
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5890-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC.2010.5616339
  • Filename
    5616339
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2770869