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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH
Volume 31, Issue 22, Pages 3473-3481Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2016.389
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- U. S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency
- Renewable Energy Program [DE-EE0006334]
- United States Government
- Stanford NanoShared Facility (SNSF)
- National Science Foundation [0922648]
- National Science Foundation Grant [DMR 1207213]
- Div Of Electrical, Commun & Cyber Sys
- Directorate For Engineering [0922648] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Kesterite Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)(4) (CZTSSe) absorbers are considered promising alternatives to commercial thin film technologies including CdTe and Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 (CIGSe) owing to the earth abundance and non-toxicity of their constituents. However, to be competitive with the existing technologies, the photovoltaic performance of CZTSSe solar cells needs to be improved beyond the current record conversion efficiency of 12.6%. In this study, nanoscale elemental mapping using Auger nanoprobe microscopy (NanoAuger) and nano secondary ion mass spectrometry (NanoSIMS) are used to provide a clear picture of the compositional variations between the grains and grain boundaries in Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)(4) kesterite thin films. NanoAuger measurements revealed that the top surfaces of the grains are coated with a Zn-rich (Zn,Sn)O-x layer. While thick oxide layers were observed at the grain boundaries, their chemical compositions were found to be closer to SnOx. NanoSIMS elemental maps confirmed the presence of excess oxygen deeper within the grain boundary grooves, as a result of air annealing of the CZTSSe films.
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