Facile Growth of Cu2ZnSnS4 Thin-Film by One-Step Pulsed Hybrid Electrophoretic and Electroplating Deposition

Hung Wei Tsai; Chia Wei Chen; Stuart R. Thomas; Cheng Hung Hsu; Wen Chi Tsai; Yu Ze Chen; Yi Chung Wang; Zhiming M. Wang; Hwen Fen Hong; Yu Lun Chueh

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Facile Growth of Cu₂ZnSnS₄ Thin-Film by One-Step Pulsed Hybrid Electrophoretic and Electroplating Deposition

Hung Wei Tsai, Chia Wei Chen, Stuart R. Thomas, Cheng Hung Hsu, Wen Chi Tsai, Yu Ze Chen, Yi Chung Wang, Zhiming M. Wang, Hwen Fen Hong, Yu Lun Chueh

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The use of costly and rare metals such as indium and gallium in Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ (CIGS) based solar cells has motivated research into the use of Cu₂ZnSnS₄ (CZTS) as a suitable replacement due to its non-toxicity, abundance of compositional elements and excellent optical properties (1.5 eV direct band gap and absorption coefficient of ∼10⁴ cm^-1). In this study, we demonstrate a one-step pulsed hybrid electrodeposition method (PHED), which combines electrophoretic and electroplating deposition to deposit uniform CZTS thin-films. Through careful analysis and optimization, we are able to demonstrate CZTS solar cells with the V_OC, J_SC, FF and η of 350 mV, 3.90 mA/cm², 0.43 and 0.59%, respectively.

Original language	English
Article number	19102
Journal	Scientific reports
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/srep19102
Publication status	Published - 2016 Feb 23

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