Fabrication of ionic liquid electrodeposited Cu--Sn--Zn--S--Se thin films and method of making

Bhattacharya, Raghu Nath

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Title: Fabrication of ionic liquid electrodeposited Cu--Sn--Zn--S--Se thin films and method of making

Abstract

A semiconductor thin-film and method for producing a semiconductor thin-films comprising a metallic salt, an ionic compound in a non-aqueous solution mixed with a solvent and processing the stacked layer in chalcogen that results in a CZTS/CZTSS thin films that may be deposited on a substrate is disclosed.

Inventors:: Bhattacharya, Raghu Nath

Issue Date:: Tue Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 2016

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1236248

Patent Number(s):: 9236511

Application Number:: 9,236,511

Assignee:: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: C - CHEMISTRY C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES C25D - PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

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C - CHEMISTRY C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES C25D - PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS
C25D3/22 - of zinc
C25D3/30 - of tin
C25D3/38 - of copper
C25D3/665 - {from ionic liquids}
C25D5/10 - Electroplating with more than one layer of the same or of different metals
C25D5/50 - by heat-treatment
C25D7/12 - Semiconductors

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L21/02422 - {Non-crystalline insulating materials, e.g. glass, polymers}
H01L21/02491 - {Conductive materials}
H01L21/02551 - {Group 12/16 materials}
H01L21/02568 - {Chalcogenide semiconducting materials not being oxides, e.g. ternary compounds}
H01L21/02614 - {Transformation of metal, e.g. oxidation, nitridation}
H01L21/02628 - {using solutions}
H01L31/0326 - {comprising AIBIICIVDVI kesterite compounds, e.g. Cu2ZnSnSe4, Cu2ZnSnS4}
H01L31/03923 - {including AIBIIICVI compound materials, e.g. CIS, CIGS}
H01L31/03925 - {including AIIBVI compound materials, e.g. CdTe, CdS}
H01L31/072 - the potential barriers being only of the PN heterojunction type

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E10/50 - Photovoltaic [PV] energy
Y02E10/541 - CuInSe2 material PV cells

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DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2014 Jul 03

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 14 SOLAR ENERGY

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