Quantitative study on the chemical solution deposition of zinc oxysulfide

Reinisch, Michael; Perkins, Craig L.; Steirer, K. Xerxes

doi:10.1149/2.0201602jss

Title: Quantitative study on the chemical solution deposition of zinc oxysulfide

Journal Article · Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2015 · ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0201602jss· OSTI ID:1236149

Reinisch, Michael ^[1]; Perkins, Craig L. ^[2]; Steirer, K. Xerxes ^[2]

Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Zinc Oxysulfide (ZnOS) has demonstrated potential in the last decade to replace CdS as a buffer layer material since it is a wide-band-gap semiconductor with performance advantages over CdS (E_g = 2.4 eV) in the near UV-range for solar energy conversion. However, questions remain on the growth mechanisms of chemical bath deposited ZnOS. In this study, a detailed model is employed to calculate solubility diagrams that describe simple conditions for complex speciation control using only ammonium hydroxide without additional base. For these conditions, ZnOS is deposited via aqueous solution deposition on a quartz crystal microbalance in a continuous flow cell. Data is used to analyze the growth rate dependence on temperature and also to elucidate the effects of dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) when used as a co-solvent. Activation energies (EA) of ZnOS are calculated for different flow rates and solution compositions. As a result, the measured EA relationships are affected by changes in the primary growth mechanism when DMSO is included.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: NREL Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD); Director's Postdoctoral Fellowship and SULI Program

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1236149

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5K00-64980

Journal Information:: ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, Vol. 5, Issue 2; Related Information: ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology; ISSN 2162-8769

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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