The preparation of Ag2ZnSnS4 homojunction solar cells

• Published in: Materials letters Vol. 207; pp. 209 - 212
• Main Authors: Ma, Changhao, Guo, Huafei, Zhang, Kezhi, Li, Yan, Yuan, Ningyi, Ding, Jianning
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15-11-2017
• Subjects: Ag2ZnSnS4(AZTS); Homojunction; Solar energy materials; Thin films; Thin films; Homojunction; Ag2ZnSnS4(AZTS); Solar energy materials
• ISSN: 0167-577X; 1873-4979
• DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2017.07.089

•AZTS homojunction was obtained by a one-time sulfurization on a laminated precursor.•AZTS homojunction was incorporated in cells and an efficiency of 0.87% was achieved.•This is the first report on the fabricated quaternary semiconductor homojunction solar cells.
In this work, an Ag2ZnSnS4 (AZTS) homojunction film was obtained by the one-time introduction of sulfur on a laminated structure precursor film. Furthermore, this homojunction film was incorporated in the solar cell with a structure of Mo/AZTS /i-ZnO/ITO and an efficiency of 0.87% was achieved. This is the first report on the fabricated quaternary semiconductor homojunction solar cells. This work provides a new idea and method for the fabrication of thin film solar cells.