Large-Scale Synthesis of Semiconducting Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Nanoparticles for Screen Printing Application

Gonçalves, Bruna F.; LaGrow, Alec P.; Pyrlin, Sergey; Owens-Baird, Bryan; Botelho, Gabriela; Marques, Luis S. A.; Ramos, Marta M. D.; Kovnir, Kirill; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu; Kolen’ko, Yury V.

doi:10.3390/nano11051148

Title: Large-Scale Synthesis of Semiconducting Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Nanoparticles for Screen Printing Application

Journal Article · Wed Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Nanomaterials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11051148· OSTI ID:1779977

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During the last few decades, the interest over chalcopyrite and related photovoltaics has been growing due the outstanding structural and electrical properties of the thin-film Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ photoabsorber. More recently, thin film deposition through solution processing has gained increasing attention from the industry, due to the potential low-cost and high-throughput production. To this end, the elimination of the selenization procedure in the synthesis of Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ nanoparticles with following dispersion into ink formulations for printing/coating deposition processes are of high relevance. However, most of the reported syntheses procedures give access to tetragonal chalcopyrite Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ nanoparticles, whereas methods to obtain other structures are scarce. Herein, we report a large-scale synthesis of high-quality Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ nanoparticles with wurtzite hexagonal structure, with sizes of 10–70 nm, wide absorption in visible to near-infrared regions, and [Cu]/[In + Ga] ≈ 0.8 and [Ga]/[Ga + In] ≈ 0.3 metal ratios. The inclusion of the synthesized NPs into a water-based ink formulation for screen printing deposition results in thin films with homogenous thickness of ≈4.5 µm, paving the way towards environmentally friendly roll-to-roll production of photovoltaic systems.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1779977

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1812073

Journal Information:: Nanomaterials, Journal Name: Nanomaterials Vol. 11 Journal Issue: 5; ISSN 2079-4991

Publisher:: MDPI AGCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Switzerland

Language:: English

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