Revealing the electronic structure, heterojunction band offset and alignment of Cu2ZnGeSe4: a combined experimental and computational study towards photovoltaic applications-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Revealing the electronic structure, heterojunction band offset and alignment of Cu2ZnGeSe4: a combined experimental and computational study towards photovoltaic applications

Published:2021 Issue:15 Volume:23 Page:9553-9560
ISSN:1463-9076
Container-title:Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
language:en
Short-container-title:Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.

Author:

Rondiya Sachin R.¹²³⁴^ORCID,Buldu Dilara Gokcen⁵⁶⁷⁸⁶^ORCID,Brammertz Guy⁵⁶⁷⁸⁶,Jadhav Yogesh A.⁹¹⁰¹¹¹²,Cross Russell W.¹²³⁴^ORCID,Ghosh Hirendra N.¹³¹⁴¹²^ORCID,Davies Thomas E.¹²³⁴^ORCID,Jadkar Sandesh R.⁹¹⁰¹¹¹²,Dzade Nelson Y.¹²³⁴^ORCID,Vermang Bart⁵⁶⁷⁸⁶^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Chemistry

2. Cardiff University

3. Cardiff

4. UK

5. Institute for Material Research (IMO), Hasselt University (Partner in Solliance)

6. 3590 Diepenbeek

7. Belgium

8. Imec division IMOMEC (Partner in Solliance)

9. School of Energy Studies

10. Savitribai Phule Pune University

11. Pune 411007

12. India

13. Institute of Nano Science and Technology

14. Mohali

Abstract

This work unravels the device characteristics, interface and band offset properties of Cu₂ZnGeSe₄ (CZGSe), a promising earth-abundant and non-toxic semiconductor material for thin-film solar cell applications.

Funder

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Horizon 2020 Framework Programme

Savitribai Phule Pune University

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,General Physics and Astronomy

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2021/CP/D0CP06143C

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