Deposition and characterization of stannite Cu2FeSn(S0·8Se0.2)4 thin film for potential absorber layer in solar cell application
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Abstract This work investigates the properties of CFTSSe material synthesized by melt quench technique and subsequent thin film deposition using thermal evaporation method. To study the compositional, structural, morphological and optical properties of the material, various characterization techniques like XRD, SEM, EDS, Raman spectroscopy, FTIR and UV–Vis–NIR spectroscopy have been applied. These studies show that CFTSSe is crystalline in nature and consistent with the stannite structure. Whereas some large density electronic defects have been detected in the lattice. UV visible spectroscopy estimates a high absorption coefficient (>104 cm−1) and optimal band gap of 1.49 eV. Additionally, the properties of CFTSSe are also compared with our previous study of CZTSSe and appeared to have potential to be used in thin film solar cell applications.
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