Hydrazine-Free Solution-Deposited CuIn(S,Se)2 Solar Cells by Spray Deposition of Metal Chalcogenides
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%.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1254920
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5K00-66525
Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 19; Related Information: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces; Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; CIGS; thin film; solar cells; chalcopyrite; atmospheric process
Citation Formats
Arnou, Panagiota, van Hest, Maikel F. A. M., Cooper, Carl S., Malkov, Andrei V., Walls, John M., and Bowers, Jake W. Hydrazine-Free Solution-Deposited CuIn(S,Se)2 Solar Cells by Spray Deposition of Metal Chalcogenides. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1021/acsami.6b01541.
Arnou, Panagiota, van Hest, Maikel F. A. M., Cooper, Carl S., Malkov, Andrei V., Walls, John M., & Bowers, Jake W. Hydrazine-Free Solution-Deposited CuIn(S,Se)2 Solar Cells by Spray Deposition of Metal Chalcogenides. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b01541
Arnou, Panagiota, van Hest, Maikel F. A. M., Cooper, Carl S., Malkov, Andrei V., Walls, John M., and Bowers, Jake W. 2016.
"Hydrazine-Free Solution-Deposited CuIn(S,Se)2 Solar Cells by Spray Deposition of Metal Chalcogenides". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b01541.
@article{osti_1254920,
title = {Hydrazine-Free Solution-Deposited CuIn(S,Se)2 Solar Cells by Spray Deposition of Metal Chalcogenides},
author = {Arnou, Panagiota and van Hest, Maikel F. A. M. and Cooper, Carl S. and Malkov, Andrei V. and Walls, John M. and Bowers, Jake W.},
abstractNote = {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%.},
doi = {10.1021/acsami.6b01541},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1254920},
journal = {ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces},
issn = {1944-8244},
number = 19,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Wed May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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