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Electronic, optical, and mechanical properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 with four crystal structures

Zongyan Zhao and Xiang Zhao

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 Corresponding author: Zhao Zongyan, zzy@kmust.edu.cn

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Abstract: The structural, electronic, optical, and mechanical properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 with four crystal structures are calculated using the density functional theory. No significant difference is observed between the calculated optical and mechanical properties of the considered four crystal structures. The calculated results are in agreement with available reported experimental data. According to the calculated results, the fundamental band gap of Cu2ZnSnS4 is mainly determined by the bandwidth of the isolated conduction band. The effective-mass of carriers of Cu2ZnSnS4 are very small, especially the effective-mass of electrons on the bottom of the conduction band of zincblende-derived Cu2ZnSnS4. Using the calculated elastic constants matrix, the Born stability criteria is shown to be satisfied, and the high B/G ratio indicates that Cu2ZnSnS4 is prone to ductile behavior.

Key words: Cu2ZnSnS4DFT calculationselectronic structureoptical propertiesmechanic properties



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Fig1.  (Color online) Crystal structures of Cu$_{2}$ZnSnS$_{4}$. (a) Zincblende-derived kesterite. (b) Zincblende-derived stannite. (c) Wurtzite-derived kesterite. (d) Wurtzite-derived stannite.

Fig2.  (Color online) Calculated total energies of Cu$_{2}$ZnSnS$_{4}$ with different crystal structures versus crystal volume, and the corresponding fitted curves.

Fig3.  Calculated band structures of Cu$_{2}$ZnSnS$_{4}$ with different crystal phases.

Fig4.  Calculated density of states of Cu$_{2}$ZnSnS$_{4}$ with different crystal phases.

Fig5.  Schematic diagram of band alignment of Cu$_{2}$ZnSnS$_{4}$ with different crystal phases, the band offsets that are with respect to the band positions of ZB-KT are also provided, with unit of eV.

Fig6.  (Color online) The calculated dielectric functions of Cu$_{2}$ZnSnS$_{4}$ with different crystal phases.

Fig7.  The calculated refractive index of Cu$_{2}$ZnSnS$_{4}$ with different crystal phases.

Fig8.  The calculated reflectivity of Cu$_{2}$ZnSnS$_{4}$ with different crystal phases.

Fig9.  The calculated absorption spectra of Cu$_{2}$ZnSnS$_{4}$ with different crystal phases.

Table 1.   Lattice parameters of Cu$_{2}$ZnSnS$_{4}$ with four crystal structures calculated by GGA $+$ U method.

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Table 3.   The parameters of band structure, effective mass of carriers, dielectric function constant, and refractive index of Cu2ZnSnS4 with different crystalline structures.

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Table 4.   Calculated mechanical parameters of Cu$_{2}$ZnSnS$_{4}$ with different crystalline structures.

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    Received: 26 November 2014 Revised: Online: Published: 01 August 2015

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      Zongyan Zhao, Xiang Zhao. Electronic, optical, and mechanical properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 with four crystal structures[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2015, 36(8): 083004. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/8/083004 Z Y Zhao, X Zhao. Electronic, optical, and mechanical properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 with four crystal structures[J]. J. Semicond., 2015, 36(8): 083004. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/8/083004.Export: BibTex EndNote
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      Zongyan Zhao, Xiang Zhao. Electronic, optical, and mechanical properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 with four crystal structures[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2015, 36(8): 083004. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/8/083004

      Z Y Zhao, X Zhao. Electronic, optical, and mechanical properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 with four crystal structures[J]. J. Semicond., 2015, 36(8): 083004. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/8/083004.
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      Electronic, optical, and mechanical properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 with four crystal structures

      doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/8/083004
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      Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21263006), the Science Research Foundation of Educational Commission of Yunnan Province of China (No. 2012Y542), and the Introduced Talents Foundation of Kunming University of Science and Technology.

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      • Corresponding author: Zhao Zongyan, zzy@kmust.edu.cn
      • Received Date: 2014-11-26
      • Accepted Date: 2015-03-21
      • Published Date: 2015-01-25

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