TY - GEN
T1 - High crystalline Cu2ZnSnS4 semiconductor prepared from low toxicity ethanol-based precursors
AU - Munir, Badrul
AU - Prastyo, Bayu Eko
AU - Marta, Dwi
AU - Muslih, Ersan Yudhapratama
AU - Alfauzan, Sahri Karim
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Author(s).
PY - 2017/1/3
Y1 - 2017/1/3
N2 - At this moment, we present a new, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly method of preparing a high crystalline Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) absorber layer for thin film solar cells using ethanol-based solutions. Ethanolamine (ETA) and 2-mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) were studied as a stabilizer and to improve wetting ability of the precursors during the deposition process. Cu2ZnSnS4 precursors are deposited onto soda lime glass using spin coater in different molar of cations in the precursor. The effects of a precursor system, ethanol-ETA-MPA, and ethanol-MPA, on the structure, morphology, composition and optical properties of CZTS thin films have been investigated in details. X-ray diffraction and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analyses confirmed the successful fabrication of high crystalline Cu2ZnSnS4 kesterite phase. The crystallinity of CZTS is continue increasing before reaching 2.2 molar cations of the ethanol-MPA precursors. The crystallinity of ethanol-ETA-MPA precursors remains similar in the experiment using 1.2 molar and 1.6 molars. The highest crystallinity was achieved using 2 molar cations of the ethanol-MPA precursor. Its band gap energy is found to be around 1.4 eV. The SEM micrographs of CZTS film shows the average grain size around 1.5 μm and some porosity which indicated the room of improvement. The high-crystallinity CZTS achieved in the present study brings a low-cost absorber semiconductor one step closer to practical use.
AB - At this moment, we present a new, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly method of preparing a high crystalline Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) absorber layer for thin film solar cells using ethanol-based solutions. Ethanolamine (ETA) and 2-mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) were studied as a stabilizer and to improve wetting ability of the precursors during the deposition process. Cu2ZnSnS4 precursors are deposited onto soda lime glass using spin coater in different molar of cations in the precursor. The effects of a precursor system, ethanol-ETA-MPA, and ethanol-MPA, on the structure, morphology, composition and optical properties of CZTS thin films have been investigated in details. X-ray diffraction and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analyses confirmed the successful fabrication of high crystalline Cu2ZnSnS4 kesterite phase. The crystallinity of CZTS is continue increasing before reaching 2.2 molar cations of the ethanol-MPA precursors. The crystallinity of ethanol-ETA-MPA precursors remains similar in the experiment using 1.2 molar and 1.6 molars. The highest crystallinity was achieved using 2 molar cations of the ethanol-MPA precursor. Its band gap energy is found to be around 1.4 eV. The SEM micrographs of CZTS film shows the average grain size around 1.5 μm and some porosity which indicated the room of improvement. The high-crystallinity CZTS achieved in the present study brings a low-cost absorber semiconductor one step closer to practical use.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.4968275
DO - 10.1063/1.4968275
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85010952198
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
BT - International Conference on Engineering, Science and Nanotechnology 2016, ICESNANO 2016
A2 - Kristiawan, Budi
A2 - Wijayanta, Agung Tri
A2 - Danardono, Dominicus
A2 - Santoso, Budi
A2 - Anwar, Miftahul
A2 - Triyono, null
A2 - Hadi, Syamsul
A2 - Triyono, Joko
A2 - Surojo, Eko
A2 - Ariawan, Dody
A2 - Ubaidillah, null
A2 - Suyitno, null
A2 - Muhayat, Nurul
PB - American Institute of Physics Inc.
T2 - 1st International Conference on Engineering, Science and Nanotechnology 2016, ICESNANO 2016
Y2 - 3 August 2016 through 5 August 2016
ER -