Growth and properties of stannite-quaternary Cu2ZnSnSe 4 thin films prepared by selenization of sputtered binary compound precursors

R. A. Wibowo, W. S. Kim, Badrul Munir, K. H. Kim

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Abstract

Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe) thin films were grown on Corning glass 1737 by sequential methods of sputtering deposition and selenization process. As-grown films showed that elemental Cu, Zn, and Sn were in the nearly CZTSe stoichiometric ratio with Se-deficiency as detected by Energy Dispersive X-Ray spectrometry (EDX). In order to attain film stoichiometry, as-deposited films were subjected to selenization process in tube furnace under Ar ambient at different selenization temperatures for 10-60 min. It was found that compositions of binary compound in the sputtering target as well as selenization are critical for the growth of the CZTSe films. The structural characteristics of the selenized CZTSe films revealed a highly oriented stannite CZTSe phase with (112), (220/204) and (312/116) growth orientations and a CuSe secondary phase. By using 0.5% KCN solution, CuSe secondary phase could be totally etched from the CZTSe film surface.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Materials and Processing IV - Selected, peer reviewed papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing
PublisherTrans Tech Publications
Pages79-82
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)0878494669, 9780878494668
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Event4th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing, ICAMP-4 - Hamilton, New Zealand
Duration: 10 Dec 200613 Dec 2006

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume29-30
ISSN (Print)1022-6680

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing, ICAMP-4
Country/TerritoryNew Zealand
CityHamilton
Period10/12/0613/12/06

Keywords

  • Quaternary
  • Selenization
  • Solar cell materials
  • Sputtering

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