Abstract
Secondary phases in Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) are investigated by x-ray absorption spectroscopy. Evaluating the x-ray absorption near edge structure at the sulfur K-edge, we show that secondary phases exhibit sufficiently distinct features to allow their quantitative determination with high accuracy. We are able to quantify the ZnS fraction with an absolute accuracy of ±3%, by applying linear combination analysis using reference spectra. We find that even in CZTS thin films with [Sn]/[Zn] ≈ 1, a significant amount of ZnS can be present. A strong correlation of the ZnS-content with the degradation of the electrical performance of solar cells is observed.
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