Compositional dependence of structural and electronic properties of Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 alloys for thin film solar cells

被引：425

作者：

Chen, Shiyou ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Walsh, Aron ^{[4
]}

Yang, Ji-Hui ^{[1
,2
]}

Gong, X. G. ^{[1
,2
]}

Sun, Lin ^{[3
]}

Yang, Ping-Xiong ^{[3
]}

Chu, Jun-Hao ^{[3
]}

Wei, Su-Huai ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Fudan Univ, Lab Computat Phys Sci, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China

[2] Fudan Univ, Surface Phys Lab, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China

[3] E China Normal Univ, Lab Polar Mat & Devices, Shanghai 200241, Peoples R China

[4] UCL, Dept Chem, London WC1E 6BT, England

[5] Natl Renewable Energy Lab, Golden, CO 80401 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2011年 / 83卷 / 12期

关键词：

BAND OFFSETS; II-VI; CU2ZNSNS4; EFFICIENCY;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.83.125201

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

A thin-film solar cell based on Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)(4) (CZTSSe) alloy was recently found to exhibit a light to electricity conversion efficiency of 10%, making it competitive with the more mature Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 based technologies. We study the compositional dependence of the physical properties of CZTSSe alloys through first-principles calculations and find that these mixed-anion alloys are highly miscible with low enthalpies of formation, and the cations maintain the same ordering preferences as the parent compounds Cu2ZnSnS4 and Cu2ZnSnSe4. The band gap of the CZTSSe alloy decreases with the Se content almost linearly, and the band alignment between Cu2ZnSnS4 and Cu2ZnSnSe4 is of type I, which allows for more facile n-type and p-type doping for alloys with high Se content. Based on these results we analyze the influence of composition on the efficiency of CZTSSe solar cells and explain the high efficiency of the cells with high Se content.

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