Contrasting the Material Chemistry of Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 and Cu 2 ZnSnS (4– x ) Se x
Abstract
Earth-abundant sustainable inorganic thin-film solar cells, independent of precious elements, pivot on a marginal material phase space targeting specific compounds. Advanced materials characterization efforts are necessary to expose the roles of microstructure, chemistry, and interfaces. Here, the earth-abundant solar cell device, Cu2ZnSnS(4-x)Sex, is reported, which shows a high abundance of secondary phases compared to similarly grown Cu2ZnSnSe4.
- Authors:
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden CO 80401 USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Tennessee‐Knoxville Knoxville TN 37996 USA
- LeRoy Center for Solid State Science Arizona State University Tempe AZ 85281 USA
- Advanced Materials Research Institute University of New Orleans New Orleans LA 70148 USA
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1236657
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1260053; OSTI ID: 1341090
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5K00-66725
Journal ID: ISSN 2198-3844; 1500320
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Science
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Advanced Science Journal Volume: 3 Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2198-3844
- Publisher:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Country of Publication:
- Germany
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; CZTS; photovoltaics; solar cells; STEM; thin-films
Citation Formats
Aguiar, Jeffery A., Patel, Maulik, Aoki, Toshihiro, Wozny, Sarah, and Al‐Jassim, Mowafak. Contrasting the Material Chemistry of Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 and Cu 2 ZnSnS (4– x ) Se x. Germany: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1002/advs.201500320.
Aguiar, Jeffery A., Patel, Maulik, Aoki, Toshihiro, Wozny, Sarah, & Al‐Jassim, Mowafak. Contrasting the Material Chemistry of Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 and Cu 2 ZnSnS (4– x ) Se x. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201500320
Aguiar, Jeffery A., Patel, Maulik, Aoki, Toshihiro, Wozny, Sarah, and Al‐Jassim, Mowafak. Tue .
"Contrasting the Material Chemistry of Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 and Cu 2 ZnSnS (4– x ) Se x". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201500320.
@article{osti_1236657,
title = {Contrasting the Material Chemistry of Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 and Cu 2 ZnSnS (4– x ) Se x},
author = {Aguiar, Jeffery A. and Patel, Maulik and Aoki, Toshihiro and Wozny, Sarah and Al‐Jassim, Mowafak},
abstractNote = {Earth-abundant sustainable inorganic thin-film solar cells, independent of precious elements, pivot on a marginal material phase space targeting specific compounds. Advanced materials characterization efforts are necessary to expose the roles of microstructure, chemistry, and interfaces. Here, the earth-abundant solar cell device, Cu2ZnSnS(4-x)Sex, is reported, which shows a high abundance of secondary phases compared to similarly grown Cu2ZnSnSe4.},
doi = {10.1002/advs.201500320},
journal = {Advanced Science},
number = 6,
volume = 3,
place = {Germany},
year = {Tue Feb 02 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Tue Feb 02 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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