Abstract
Se-rich selenization offers remarkable benefits for grain growth of Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 (CZTSSe) absorber layers, which is critical for solar cells fabrication. However, low-activity selenium often forms Se-clusters and trapped in CZTSSe absorber layers. These trapped Se-clusters increase carrier recombination in CZTSSe absorber layers, thus decreasing efficiency of CZTSSe solar cells. Herein, supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO2) treatment was demonstrated to regulate selenium composition of CZTSSe absorber layers for solar cells efficiency improvement. Compared with untreated CZTSSe absorber layers, selenium composition of CZTSSe absorber layers were significantly reduced by SCCO2 treatment. The open circuit voltage (VOC) and fill factor (FF) of CZTSSe solar cells improved pronouncedly due to carrier recombination reduction and carrier transport enhancement. As a consequence, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) was increased from 9.26 % (ref device) to 11.43 % (SCCO2 device). This unique SCCO2 treatment may offer new ideas for other selenization-based optoelectronic devices performance improvement.
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