TY - JOUR
T1 - Ab-Initio Investigation of the Band Alignment Between Cu
2
ZnSnS
4
and Different Buffer Materials (Al
2
ZnO
4
, CeO
2
, ZnSnO
3
)
AU - Albar, Arwa
AU - Schwingenschlögl, Udo
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: The research reported in this publication was supported by funding from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). For computer time, this research used the resources of the Supercomputing Laboratory at KAUST.
PY - 2019/4/29
Y1 - 2019/4/29
N2 - Limited efficiency of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) solar cells due to high recombination rates at the CZTS–buffer interface calls for alternative buffer materials to enhance the open circuit voltage and, therefore, the device performance. By means of ab-initio hybrid functional calculations, the authors investigate the interfaces between the p-type absorber CZTS and the n-type buffer materials Al2ZnO4, CeO2, or ZnSnO3 to evaluate the band alignment. Strong hole confinement is predicted for the CZTS/Al2ZnO4 and CZTS/ZnSnO3 interfaces. A small conduction band offset of 0.31 eV is obtained for the CZTS/ZnSnO3 interface, indicating that ZnSnO3 should be considered for improving the efficiency of CZTS solar cells.
AB - Limited efficiency of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) solar cells due to high recombination rates at the CZTS–buffer interface calls for alternative buffer materials to enhance the open circuit voltage and, therefore, the device performance. By means of ab-initio hybrid functional calculations, the authors investigate the interfaces between the p-type absorber CZTS and the n-type buffer materials Al2ZnO4, CeO2, or ZnSnO3 to evaluate the band alignment. Strong hole confinement is predicted for the CZTS/Al2ZnO4 and CZTS/ZnSnO3 interfaces. A small conduction band offset of 0.31 eV is obtained for the CZTS/ZnSnO3 interface, indicating that ZnSnO3 should be considered for improving the efficiency of CZTS solar cells.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/653089
UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pssr.201800649
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065063570&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/pssr.201800649
DO - 10.1002/pssr.201800649
M3 - Article
SN - 1862-6254
VL - 13
SP - 1800649
JO - physica status solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters
JF - physica status solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters
IS - 8
ER -