Study of optimization of Zn salt concentration in co-electrodeposited Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin films

Author

Agasti, Amrut ; Rai, Deepesh ; Mallick, Sudhanshu ; Bhargava, Parag

Author_Institution

Dept. of Metall. Eng. & Mater. Sci., Indian Inst. of Technol. Bombay, Mumbai, India

fYear

2014

fDate

16-19 Dec. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

In this study, Cu₂ZnSnS₄ (CZTS) is co-electrodeposited using varying amount of Zn salt in electrolytic bath to study its effect on the structural, compositional and morphological properties of the CZTS films. An optimal concentration ZnS0₄ in solution has been determined to obtain phase pure CZTS with elemental composition suitable for use as absorber material in thin film solar cells.

Keywords

copper compounds; electrodeposition; electrodeposits; electrolysis; semiconductor growth; semiconductor thin films; solar cells; ternary semiconductors; thin film devices; tin compounds; zinc compounds; CZTS films; Cu₂ZnSnS₄; absorber material; co-electrodeposition; compositional properties; electrolytic bath; elemental composition; morphological properties; salt concentration optimization; structural properties; thin film solar cells; Films; Photovoltaic cells; Raman scattering; Scanning electron microscopy; Tin; X-ray scattering; Zinc; CZTS; co-electrodeposition; thin films;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2014 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Mumbai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-6372-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDES.2014.7042098

Filename

7042098