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Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films for PV: comparison of two growth methods
| Resumo: | This work focuses on a comparison between Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films with precursors grown exclusively by evaporation or by evaporation and RF Magnetron Sputtering. On the films which were grown using the second method was either sputtered ZnS or elemental Zinc. The morphology and composition of the samples was studied by SEM/EDS and their structure by XRD. Both methods were successful in producing thin films containing Cu2ZnSnS4. The samples which had their precursors grown exclusively through evaporation exhibited the most compact morphology but also were the ones that had more undesirable crystalline phases. Regarding the remaining samples, in the case where elemental Zinc was sputtered no diffusion issues were observed, whereas the ones with ZnS presented a layer of this material on the surface. This report is divided into six chapters which contain the introduction, information relative to semiconductors, Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells, the growth and characterization techniques, the experimental procedure, results and their analysis and ends with the conclusion. |
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| Autores principais: | Malaquias, João Corujo Branco |
| Assunto: | Engenharia física Filmes fino - Crescimento Semicondutores Células solares Energia fotovoltaica CZTS (Copper zinc tin sulphide) |
| Ano: | 2010 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Aveiro |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RIA - Repositório Institucional da Universidade de Aveiro |
| Resumo: | This work focuses on a comparison between Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films with precursors grown exclusively by evaporation or by evaporation and RF Magnetron Sputtering. On the films which were grown using the second method was either sputtered ZnS or elemental Zinc. The morphology and composition of the samples was studied by SEM/EDS and their structure by XRD. Both methods were successful in producing thin films containing Cu2ZnSnS4. The samples which had their precursors grown exclusively through evaporation exhibited the most compact morphology but also were the ones that had more undesirable crystalline phases. Regarding the remaining samples, in the case where elemental Zinc was sputtered no diffusion issues were observed, whereas the ones with ZnS presented a layer of this material on the surface. This report is divided into six chapters which contain the introduction, information relative to semiconductors, Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells, the growth and characterization techniques, the experimental procedure, results and their analysis and ends with the conclusion. |
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