Kesterite Inorganic-Organic Heterojunction for Solution Processable Solar Cells

P. Data; M. Bialoglowski; K. Lyzwa; R. Bacewicz; P. Dluzewski; M. Lapkowski; T. Gregorkiewicz; S. Podsiadlo; A. P. Monkman

doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2016.03.132

Kesterite Inorganic-Organic Heterojunction for Solution Processable Solar Cells

P. Data
, M. Bialoglowski
, K. Lyzwa
, R. Bacewicz
, P. Dluzewski
, M. Lapkowski
, T. Gregorkiewicz
, S. Podsiadlo
, A. P. Monkman

Durham University
Polish Academy of Sciences
Warsaw University of Technology
Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences
University of Amsterdam

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Abstract

New synthesis of solution processable kesterite and kesterite-phenoxazine nanopowders were presented. The direct band-gap semiconductor Cu₂ZnSnS₄ has attracted the attention of many due to its large absorption coefficient (α > 10⁴ cm^-1) and (optical) band-gap energy close to the optimal value for solar light conversion (1.4-1.6 eV). The presence of a kesterite nanocrystal structure has been investigated and confirmed by (HR)TEM, X-ray powder diffraction, EDX and EXAFS measurements. Low-temperature photoluminescence (PL) measurements indicate the absence of PL in the Cu₂ZnSnS₄ nanocrystals. Electrochemical studies helped to prove that an inorganic-organic heterojunction of nanokesterite-phenoxazine was obtained. Device studies showed a two fold improvement in efficiency upon addition of a kesterite or phenoxazines-kesterite layer.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	78-85
Number of pages	8
Journal	Electrochimica Acta
Volume	201
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.03.132
Publication status	Published - 20 May 2016

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Keywords

P3HT
electrochemistry
kesterite
phenoxazine
solar cells

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General Chemical Engineering
Electrochemistry

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