Innovative fabrication of low-cost kesterite solar cells for distributed energy applications

Xinya Xu; Yongtao Qu; Martial Duchamp; Utkur Mirsaidov; Stephen Campbell; Vincent Barrioz; Guillaume Zoppi; Neil S. Beattie

doi:10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300718

Innovative fabrication of low-cost kesterite solar cells for distributed energy applications

Xinya Xu, Yongtao Qu, Martial Duchamp, Utkur Mirsaidov, Stephen Campbell, Vincent Barrioz, Guillaume Zoppi, Neil S. Beattie

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

We present the results of three novel approaches to the fabrication of kesterite solar cells from scalable, Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) nanoparticle inks. Firstly, CZTS nanoparticles are annealed in a Se-rich atmosphere inside a transmission electron microscope (TEM). This allows observation of the thin film PV absorber formation in real-time and provides the new insight that chalcogen atom exchange and grain growth occur in different temperature regimes. Secondly, we demonstrate an approach to alkali doping Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 PV absorbers on flexible Mo-foil substrates that is compatible with high volume manufacturing. Adding NaF directly to the CZTS nanoparticle ink promotes grain growth and improves the device efficiency to 4.4%. Lastly, In2S3/CdS dual buffer layers are investigate to reduce the usage of Cd and result in device efficiency of 7.8% on a glass substrate.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2020
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	2486-2489
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728161150
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300718
Publication status	Published - 15 Jun 2020
Event	47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2020 - Calgary, Canada Duration: 15 Jun 2020 → 21 Aug 2020

Publication series

Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
Volume	2020-June
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

Conference

Conference	47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2020
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Calgary
Period	15/06/20 → 21/08/20

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

CZTS
doping
in situ TEM
kesterite
nanoparticle inks

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Xu, X., Qu, Y., Duchamp, M., Mirsaidov, U., Campbell, S., Barrioz, V., Zoppi, G., & Beattie, N. S. (2020). Innovative fabrication of low-cost kesterite solar cells for distributed energy applications. In 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2020 (pp. 2486-2489). Article 9300718 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference; Vol. 2020-June). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300718

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Xu, X, Qu, Y, Duchamp, M, Mirsaidov, U, Campbell, S, Barrioz, V , Zoppi, G & Beattie, NS 2020, Innovative fabrication of low-cost kesterite solar cells for distributed energy applications. in 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2020., 9300718, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, vol. 2020-June, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 2486-2489, 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2020, Calgary, Canada, 15/06/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300718

Innovative fabrication of low-cost kesterite solar cells for distributed energy applications. / Xu, Xinya; Qu, Yongtao; Duchamp, Martial et al.
2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2020. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2020. p. 2486-2489 9300718 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference; Vol. 2020-June).

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Xu X, Qu Y, Duchamp M, Mirsaidov U, Campbell S, Barrioz V et al. Innovative fabrication of low-cost kesterite solar cells for distributed energy applications. In 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2020. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. 2020. p. 2486-2489. 9300718. (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). doi: 10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300718

Innovative fabrication of low-cost kesterite solar cells for distributed energy applications

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