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Types of Point Defects in Kesterites
Lattice imperfections formed in thermodynamic
equilibrium and/or through materials processing
Vacancies
VCu
, VZn
, VSn
, VS
Interstitials
Cui
, Zni
, Sni
, Si
Antisites
CuZn
, CuSn
, ZnCu
, etc.
The copper vacancy and
Cu-on-Zn antisite are the
dominant acceptor defects
responsible for native p-
type behaviour of CZTS
S. Chen et al, Adv. Mater. 25, 1522 (2013)