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    Ya-Fang, Qi; Dong-Xing Kou; Wen-Hui, Zhou; Zheng-Ji, Zhou; Qing-Wen, Tian; Yue-Na, Meng; Xin-Sheng, Liu; Zu-Liang, Du; Si-Xin, Wu

    Energy & environmental science, 01/2017, Letnik: 10, Številka: 11
    Journal Article

    Although the substitution of Cu by Ag to suppress CuZn defects offers several advantages in overcoming the large open-circuit voltage (Voc) deficit for Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 (CZTSSe) solar cells, an excellent performance has not been achieved to date primarily due to the Fermi level pinning at the CdS/absorber interface and large recombination at the absorber/Mo interface. Herein, we developed a composition grading strategy to achieve a V-shaped Ag-graded structure with a higher Ag content on both the back and front surfaces of the (Cu,Ag)2ZnSn(S,Se)4 (CAZTSSe) layer. The key advantages of this Ag-graded structure are as follows: the higher content towards the CdS/absorber interface can create weak n-type donor defects and retard Fermi level pinning, whereas the lower content at the interlayer maintains the conductivity and light absorption; moreover, the other higher content towards Mo back contact can effectively suppress the recombination and improve the utilization of long-wave incident light. By appropriately adjusting the Ag gradient, we demonstrated a significant increase in Voc, and an unexpected conversion efficiency of 11.2% was achieved. This is the highest efficiency achieved to date for Ag-substituted CZTSSe solar cells, and the result supports a new aspect that synthesis of a composition-graded CAZTSSe absorber has great potential for future research.