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Synthesis and Characterizations of p-Type Kesterite Ag2ZnSnS4 Thin Films Deposited by Spray Pyrolysis

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The fabrication of absorber materials based on kesterite materials has attracted considerable attention in recent articles owing to their excellent optical and electrical properties. In this work, we present the synthesis of Ag2ZnSnS4 films with different thicknesses using a cost-effective spray pyrolysis method. X-ray diffraction was used to check the tetragonal phase and the highly oriented nature of the Ag2ZnSnS4 films. Optical data analysis indicates that a direct allowed transition has appeared in the Ag2ZnSnS4 thin films. The optical results reveal that the energy gap decreases from 1.5 eV to 1.23 eV via enlarging the film thickness of the Ag2ZnSnS4 thin films. Moreover, the dispersion parameters obtained via the Wemple–DiDomenico model and the nonlinear optical parameters of the Ag2ZnSnS4 samples were computed and analyzed.

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  1. Electron Microscope and Thin Films Department, Physics Division, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt

    I. M. El Radaf

  2. Materials Physics and Energy Laboratory, College of Sciences and Art at ArRass - Qassim University, ArRass, 51921, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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El Radaf, I.M. Synthesis and Characterizations of p-Type Kesterite Ag2ZnSnS4 Thin Films Deposited by Spray Pyrolysis . J. Electron. Mater. 49, 3591–3598 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-020-08063-4

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