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Band Alignment of CdS/Cu2ZnSnSe4 Heterointerface and Solar Cell Performances

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We determined that the conduction band offset (CBO) and the valence band offset (VBO) at the CdS/ Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe) heterointerface are +0.56 and +0.89eV, respectively, by using X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS), ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS) and inversed photoemission spectroscopy (IPES). A positive CBO value, so-called “spike” structure, means that the position of conduction band becomes higher than that of absorber layer. The evaluated CBO of +0.56 eV suggests that the conduction band alignment at CdS/CZTSe interface is enough to become an electron barrier. Despite such a large spike structure in the conduction band at the interface, a conversion efficiency of 8.7 % could be obtained for the CdS/CZTSe heterojunction solar cells.

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  1. Research Center for Photovoltaics, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 2 Umezono 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan

    Takehiko Nagai, Shinho Kim, Hitoshi Tampo, Kang Min Kim, Hajime Shibata, Koji Matsubara & Shigeru Niki

  2. Kagoshima University, Korimoto 1-21-40, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan

    Shinichi Takaki, Kenta Kawasaki, Suehiro Kawamura, Takuya Shimamura & Norio Terada

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Nagai, T., Kim, S., Tampo, H. et al. Band Alignment of CdS/Cu2ZnSnSe4 Heterointerface and Solar Cell Performances. MRS Advances 2, 3157–3162 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1557/adv.2017.315

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