@article{oai:soar-ir.repo.nii.ac.jp:00017831, author = {Myo, Than Htay and Mandokoro, Takahiro and Seki, Hiroaki and Sakaizawa, Takanori and Momose, Noritaka and Taishi, Toshinori and Hashimoto, Yoshio and Ito, Kentaro}, journal = {SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS}, month = {Sep}, note = {Cu2Sn1-xGexS3 thin-film absorbers are prepared by sulfurization of laminated precursors. The crystal grain size is enhanced under higher growth temperature and/or sulfur pressure. By the XRD and Raman analyses, the crystal alloy is considered to be composed of majority monoclinic phase with minority secondary phase such as Cu-2(Sn1-xGex)(3)S-7 throughout the whole Ge/(Ge+Sn) composition range. The optical band gap is observed to be varied between 0.94 eV and 1.30 eV in relation with the Ge contents. A photovoltaic conversion efficiency of about 2% is obtained in the sample utilizing Cu2Sn0.6Ge0.4S3 absorber. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}, pages = {312--319}, title = {Influence of Ge composition in the Cu2Sn1-xGexS3 thin-film photovoltaic absorber prepared by sulfurization of laminated metallic precursor}, volume = {140}, year = {2015} }