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Title: | Hydrazine-free solution-deposited CuIn(S,Se)2 solar cells by spray deposition of metal chalcogenides |
Authors: | Arnou, Panagiota van Hest, Maikel F.A.M. Cooper, Carl S. Malkov, Andrei V. Walls, Michael Bowers, Jake W. |
Keywords: | CIGS Thin film Solar cells Chalcopyrite Atmospheric process |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
Citation: | ARNOU, P. ... et al, 2016. Hydrazine-free solution-deposited CuIn(S,Se)2 solar cells by spray deposition of metal chalcogenides. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8 (19), pp. 11893–11897. |
Abstract: | Solution processing of semiconductors, such as CuInSe2 and its alloys (CIGS), can significantly reduce the manufacturing costs of thin film solar cells. Despite the recent success of solution deposition approaches for CIGS, toxic reagents such as hydrazine are usually involved, which introduce health and safety concerns. Here, we present a simple and safer methodology for the preparation of high-quality CuIn(S, Se)2 absorbers from metal sulfide solutions in a diamine/dithiol mixture. The solutions are sprayed in air, using a chromatography atomizer, followed by a postdeposition selenization step. Two different selenization methods are explored resulting in power conversion efficiencies of up to 8%. |
Description: | This is an open access article published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY)
License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium,
provided the author and source are cited. |
Sponsor: | Authors P.A, C.S.C, J.M.W., and J.W.B. are grateful for funding
from EPSRC Supergen SuperSolar Hub (EP/J017361/1);
EPSRC PVTEAM (EP/L017792/1) and EPRSRC grant EP/
N508457/1 to support this project. P.A. also thanks the
SuperSolar Hub for funding a 3 month secondment at the
National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado, USA. |
Version: | Published |
DOI: | 10.1021/acsami.6b01541 |
URI: | https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/21271 |
Publisher Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b01541 |
ISSN: | 1944-8244 |
Appears in Collections: | Published Articles (CREST) Published Articles (Chemistry)
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