铜锌锡硫硒薄膜太阳电池研究进展

摘要/Abstract

摘要： 低成本薄膜太阳电池在光伏领域有着很大的发展空间和应用前景,铜锌锡硫硒(Cu₂ZnSn(S,Se)₄,CZTSSe)薄膜太阳电池具有组成元素丰富、无毒、光吸收系数高、光学带隙合适、理论光电转换效率高和稳定性好等优点,是一种具有大规模应用潜力的新型薄膜太阳电池。本文将对铜锌锡硫硒薄膜太阳电池的发展、制备方法和研究现状进行介绍,并对报道过的铜锌锡硫硒薄膜太阳电池进行对比分析,概括目前铜锌锡硫硒薄膜太阳电池的成果及现状,最后阐明目前铜锌锡硫硒薄膜太阳电池所存在的问题并对其未来进行展望。

关键词: 铜锌锡硫硒, 薄膜, 太阳电池, 光电转换效率

Abstract: Low cost thin film solar cells have great development space and application prospects in the photovoltaic field. Copper-zinc-tin-sulfur-selenium (Cu₂ZnSn(S, Se)₄, CZTSSe) thin film solar cells have many advantages, such as high abundance, non-toxic, high light absorption coefficient, a suitable optical band gap, high theory optoelectronic conversion efficiency and stable characteristic. So it is a kind of novel thin film photovoltaic cells with great scale application potential. The development history, preparation methods and research status of CZTSSe thin film solar cells are introduced in this paper. By comparative analyzing the reported CZTSSe thin film solar cells, the current achievements and status of CZTSSe thin film solar cells are summarized. Finally, the current problems about CZTSSe thin film solar cells are demonstrated and their future perspectives are presented.

Key words: copper zinc tin sulfur selenium, thin film, solar cell, photoelectric conversion efficiency

中图分类号:

TM914.4

张道永, 王书荣. 铜锌锡硫硒薄膜太阳电池研究进展[J]. 人工晶体学报, 2021, 50(9): 1796-1809.

ZHANG Daoyong, WANG Shurong. Research Progress of Cu₂ZnSn(S,Se)₄ Thin Film Solar Cells[J]. JOURNAL OF SYNTHETIC CRYSTALS, 2021, 50(9): 1796-1809.

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