Controlling selenization equilibrium enables high-quality Cu2ZnSn(S, Se)4 absorbers for efficient solar cells

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Hauptverfasser: Xu, Xiao, Zhou, Jiazheng, Yin, Kang, Wang, Jinlin, Lou, Licheng, Jiao, Menghan, Zhang, Bowen, Li, Dongmei, Shi, Jiangjian, Wu, Huijue, Luo, Yanhong, Meng, Qingbo
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author Xu, Xiao
Zhou, Jiazheng
Yin, Kang
Wang, Jinlin
Lou, Licheng
Jiao, Menghan
Zhang, Bowen
Li, Dongmei
Shi, Jiangjian
Wu, Huijue
Luo, Yanhong
Meng, Qingbo
author_facet Xu, Xiao
Zhou, Jiazheng
Yin, Kang
Wang, Jinlin
Lou, Licheng
Jiao, Menghan
Zhang, Bowen
Li, Dongmei
Shi, Jiangjian
Wu, Huijue
Luo, Yanhong
Meng, Qingbo
contents Cu2ZnSn(S, Se)4 (CZTSSe) is one of most competitive photovoltaic materials for its earth-abundant reserves, environmental friendliness, and high stability.The quality of CZTSSe absorber determines the power-conversion efficiency (PCE) of CZTSSe solar cells. The absorber's quality lies on post-selenization process, which is the reaction of Cu-Zn-Sn precursor and selenium vapor. And the post-selenization is dependent on various factors (e.g. temperature, precursor composition, reaction atmosphere, etc).However, synergistic regulation of these factors cannot be realized under a widely-used single-temperature zone selenization condition.Here, in our dual-temperature zone selenization scheme, a solid-liquid and solid-gas (solid precursor and liquid/gas phase Se) synergistic reaction strategy has been developed to precisely regulate the selenization. Pre-deposited excess liquid Se provides high Se chemical potential to drive a direct and fast formation of the CZTSSe phase, significantly reducing the amount of binary and ternary compounds within phase evolution. And organics removal can be accomplished via a synergistic optimization of Se condensation and subsequent volatilization. We achieve a high-performance CZTSSe solar cell with a remarkable PCE of 13.6%, and the highest large-area PCE of 12.0% (over 1cm2). Our strategy will provide a new idea for further improving efficiency of CZTSSe solar cells via phase evolution regulation, and also for other complicated multi-compound synthesis.
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spellingShingle Controlling selenization equilibrium enables high-quality Cu2ZnSn(S, Se)4 absorbers for efficient solar cells
Xu, Xiao
Zhou, Jiazheng
Yin, Kang
Wang, Jinlin
Lou, Licheng
Jiao, Menghan
Zhang, Bowen
Li, Dongmei
Shi, Jiangjian
Wu, Huijue
Luo, Yanhong
Meng, Qingbo
Materials Science
Cu2ZnSn(S, Se)4 (CZTSSe) is one of most competitive photovoltaic materials for its earth-abundant reserves, environmental friendliness, and high stability.The quality of CZTSSe absorber determines the power-conversion efficiency (PCE) of CZTSSe solar cells. The absorber's quality lies on post-selenization process, which is the reaction of Cu-Zn-Sn precursor and selenium vapor. And the post-selenization is dependent on various factors (e.g. temperature, precursor composition, reaction atmosphere, etc).However, synergistic regulation of these factors cannot be realized under a widely-used single-temperature zone selenization condition.Here, in our dual-temperature zone selenization scheme, a solid-liquid and solid-gas (solid precursor and liquid/gas phase Se) synergistic reaction strategy has been developed to precisely regulate the selenization. Pre-deposited excess liquid Se provides high Se chemical potential to drive a direct and fast formation of the CZTSSe phase, significantly reducing the amount of binary and ternary compounds within phase evolution. And organics removal can be accomplished via a synergistic optimization of Se condensation and subsequent volatilization. We achieve a high-performance CZTSSe solar cell with a remarkable PCE of 13.6%, and the highest large-area PCE of 12.0% (over 1cm2). Our strategy will provide a new idea for further improving efficiency of CZTSSe solar cells via phase evolution regulation, and also for other complicated multi-compound synthesis.
title Controlling selenization equilibrium enables high-quality Cu2ZnSn(S, Se)4 absorbers for efficient solar cells
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.02368