Abstract: A method for producing a P-N junction in a thin film photovoltaic cell comprising a deposition step in which are carried out successively: a layer of precursors of a photovoltaic material of type P or N, a barrier layer and a layer of precursors of a semiconducting material of type N or P, this deposition step being followed by an annealing step carried out with a supply of S and/or Se, this annealing step leading to the formation of an absorbing layer of the type P or N and of a buffer layer of type N or P and of a P-N junction at the interface between said layers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a p-n junction in a photovoltaic cell made of thin CZTS-based films, comprising: a) a step of depositing a film of precursors containing zinc, tin and copper, the amount of zinc being larger than that required to convert the precursors into a CZTS type photovoltaic material and b) a step of annealing the precursors, under a sulphur- and/or selenium-containing atmosphere, so as to obtain a photovoltaic film made of CZTS and a buffer layer made of ZnS1-xSex, where x is comprised between 0 and 1.

Abstract: A method for producing a P-N junction in a thin film photovoltaic cell comprising a deposition step in which are carried out successively: a layer of precursors of a photovoltaic material of type P or N, a barrier layer and a layer of precursors of a semiconducting material of type N or P, this deposition step being followed by an annealing step carried out with a supply of S and/or Se, this annealing step leading to the formation of an absorbing layer of the type P or N and of a buffer layer of type N or P and of a P-N junction at the interface between said layers.

Abstract: An arrangement for a stack of a photovoltaic cell comprises a first photon-absorbing layer (11) which includes sulphur (S) and selenium (Se). The first layer (11) comprises a variation, along the direction (Z) of the thickness (t) of the first layer, in the proportion of sulphur with respect to the sum of the proportions of sulphur and of selenium, the said variation being such that the first layer (11) exhibits a band-separation gradient along the direction (Z) of the thickness (t) of the first layer (11). The invention also relates to a manufacturing process and to an implemental apparatus.