Fabrication of Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell on a flexible glass substrate

Chien Yi Peng; Tara P. Dhakal; Sean Garner; Patrick Cimo; Susan Lu; Charles R. Westgate

doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2014.03.054

Fabrication of Cu₂ZnSnS₄ solar cell on a flexible glass substrate

Chien Yi Peng
, Tara P. Dhakal
, Sean Garner
, Patrick Cimo
, Susan Lu
, Charles R. Westgate

Binghamton University

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Abstract

Cu₂ZnSnS₄ (CZTS) thin film solar cells were fabricated on 100 μm thick flexible glass (FG) substrates coated with Molybdenum (Mo) anodes. The CZTS thin films were deposited by using magnetron sputtering followed by annealing in sulfur vapor. The fabricated cell structure was FG/Mo/CZTS/CdS/ZnO/ITO/Ag, where cadmium sulfide (CdS), zinc oxide (ZnO), tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) and silver (Ag) were used as an n-type window layer, resistive layer, transparent conductor and finger electrode, respectively. The best conversion efficiency achieved of the flexible CZTS solar cell was 3.08%, with an active area of 0.45 cm². The conversion efficiency was reduced by 20% when the cell was bent to a 50 mm radius.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	574-577
Number of pages	4
Journal	Thin Solid Films
Volume	562
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2014.03.054
State	Published - Jul 1 2014

Keywords

Copper zinc tin sulfide
Flexible glass
Flexible solar cells

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Fabrication of Cu₂ZnSnS₄ solar cell on a flexible glass substrate

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