Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cells with 5.8% conversion efficiency obtained by a facile spray pyrolysis technique

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (95) ◽  
pp. 77565-77571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thi Hiep Nguyen ◽  
Wilman Septina ◽  
Shotaro Fujikawa ◽  
Feng Jiang ◽  
Takashi Harada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Spray Pyrolysis ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cell ◽  
Spray Pyrolysis Technique ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Spray Pyrolysis Deposition ◽  
Cu2znsns4 Thin Film

A CZTS-based thin film solar cell with a powder conversion efficiency of 5.8% was obtained by using facile spray pyrolysis deposition followed by annealing.

Graded Buffer Layer Effect on Performance of the Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Solar Cells

2011 ◽  
Vol 685 ◽  
pp. 60-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shui Yang Lien ◽  
Meng Jia Yang ◽  
Yang Shih Lin ◽  
Chia Fu Chen ◽  
Po Hung Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Buffer Layer ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cell ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Silicon Thin Film

It is widely accepted that graded buffer layer between the p-layer and i-layer increase the efficiency of amorphous silicon solar cells. The open-circuit voltage (Voc), short current density (Jsc) and fill factor (FF) of the thin film solar cell are obviously increased. In the present study, hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) thin film solar cells have been fabricated by 27.12 MHz plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). We discussed the three conditions at the p/i interface without buffer layer, buffer layer and graded buffer layer of thin film solar cells by TCAD software. The influences of the performance of the solar cell with the different buffer layer are investigated. The cell with graded buffer layer has higher efficiency compared with the cells without buffer layer and buffer layer. The graded buffer layer enhances the conversion efficiency of the solar cell by improving Vocand FF. It could be attributed to a reduction of interface recombination rate near the junction. The best performance of conversion efficiency (η)=8.57% (Voc=0.81 V, Jsc=15.46 mA/cm2, FF=68%) of the amorphous silicon thin film solar cell was achieved.

scholarly journals Analysis of the High Conversion Efficienciesβ-FeSi2and BaSi2n-i-p Thin Film Solar Cells

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung-Sheng Huang ◽  
Kuan-Wei Lee ◽  
Yu-Hsiang Tseng
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Current Density ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cell ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Drift Current ◽  
Current Densities ◽  
Si Thin Film

Bothβ-FeSi2and BaSi2are silicides and have large absorption coefficients; thus they are very promising Si-based new materials for solar cell applications. In this paper, the dcI-Vcharacteristics of n-Si/i-βFeSi2/p-Si and n-Si/i-BaSi2/p-Si thin film solar cells are investigated by solving the charge transport equations with optical generations. The diffusion current densities of free electron and hole are calculated first. Then the drift current density in the depletion regions is obtained. The total current density is the sum of diffusion and drift current densities. The conversion efficiencies are obtained from the calculatedI-Vcurves. The optimum conversion efficiency of n-Si/i-βFeSi2/p-Si thin film solar cell is 27.8% and that of n-Si/i-BaSi2/p-Si thin film solar cell is 30.4%, both are larger than that of Si n-i-p solar cell (ηis 20.6%). These results are consistent with their absorption spectrum. The calculated conversion efficiency of Si n-i-p solar cell is consistent with the reported researches. Therefore, these calculation results are valid in this work.

Fabrication of earth-abundant Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 light absorbers by a sol–gel and selenization route for thin film solar cells

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 6562-6570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Qin Zeng ◽  
Yan Qing Lai ◽  
Zi Li Han ◽  
Boon K. Ng ◽  
Zhi An Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cell ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Gel Method ◽  
Sol Gel Method ◽  
Earth Abundant ◽  
Light Absorbers

A CZTSSe thin film solar cell was fabricated by a sol–gel method with an efficiency of 8.08%.

Influence of precursor type on non-toxic hybrid inks for high-efficiency Cu2ZnSnS4 thin-film solar cells

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 4323-4332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyujin Kim ◽  
Inhyuk Kim ◽  
Yunjung Oh ◽  
Daehee Lee ◽  
Kyoohee Woo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Cu2znsns4 Thin Film

A Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell with an efficiency of 8.17% was fabricated using a non-toxic solvent-based hybrid-ink without the involvement of a complex synthesis, toxic solvents or harmful post-selenization.

Highly improvement in efficiency of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 527-533
Author(s):  
Mohsen Sajadnia ◽  
Sajjad Dehghani ◽  
Zahra Noraeepoor ◽  
Mohammad Hossein Sheikhi
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cell ◽  
Trap Density ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cigs Thin Film ◽  
Absorbing Layer ◽  
Cigs Solar Cells

Purpose The purpose of this study is to design and optimize copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin film solar cells. Design/methodology/approach A novel bi-layer CIGS thin film solar cell based on SnS is designed. To improve the performance of the CIGS based thin film solar cell a tin sulfide (SnS) layer is added to the structure, as back surface field and second absorbing layer. Defect recombination centers have a significant effect on the performance of CIGS solar cells by changing recombination rate and charge density. Therefore, performance of the proposed structure is investigated in two stages successively, considering typical and maximum reported trap density for both CIGS and SnS. To achieve valid results, the authors use previously reported experimental parameters in the simulations. Findings First by considering the typical reported trap density for both SnS and CIGS, high efficiency of 36%, was obtained. Afterward maximum reported trap densities of 1 × 1019 and 5.6 × 1015 cm−3 were considered for SnS and CIGS, respectively. The efficiency of the optimized cell is 27.17% which is achieved in CIGS and SnS thicknesses of cell are 0.3 and 0.1 µm, respectively. Therefore, even in this case, the obtained efficiency is well greater than previous structures while the absorbing layer thickness is low. Originality/value Having results similar to practical CIGS solar cells, the impact of the defects of SnS and CIGS layers was investigated. It was found that affixing SnS between CIGS and Mo layers causes a significant improvement in the efficiency of CIGS thin-film solar cell.

Improvement of Mo/Cu2ZnSnS4 interface for Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin film solar cell application

2014 ◽  
Vol 1638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongtao Cui ◽  
Xiaolei Liu ◽  
Xiaojing Hao ◽  
Fangyang Liu ◽  
Ning Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cell ◽  
Contact Region ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Czts Thin Film ◽  
Back Contact ◽  
Secondary Phases ◽  
Solar Cell Application

ABSTRACTThe focus of this work is on back contact improvement for sputtered CZTS thin film solar cells. Three methods have been investigated including a thin Ag coating, a thin ZnO coating on the Mo back contact and rapid thermal annealing of the back contact. All of these methods have been found to reduce defects such as voids as well as secondary phases at the back contact region and inhibit the formation of MoS2. Consequently all the mothods effectively enhances Voc, Jsc, FF and therefore efficiency significantly.

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