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Title: 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%.

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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}
}