Metal–metal chalcogenide molecular precursors to binary, ternary, and quaternary metal chalcogenide thin films for electronic devices

Zhang, Ruihong; Cho, Seonghyuk; Lim, Daw Gen; Hu, Xianyi; Stach, Eric A.; Handwerker, Carol A.; Agrawal, Rakesh

doi:10.1039/c5cc09915c

Title: Metal–metal chalcogenide molecular precursors to binary, ternary, and quaternary metal chalcogenide thin films for electronic devices

Journal Article · Tue Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · ChemComm

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cc09915c· OSTI ID:1336124

Zhang, Ruihong ^[1]; Cho, Seonghyuk ^[2]; Lim, Daw Gen ^[1]; Hu, Xianyi ^[1]; Stach, Eric A. ^[3]; Handwerker, Carol A. ^[1]; Agrawal, Rakesh ^[2]

Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States). School of Materials Engineering
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States). School of Chemical Engineering
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials

We found that bulk metals and metal chalcogenides dissolve in primary amine–dithiol solvent mixtures at ambient conditions. Thin-films of CuS, SnS, ZnS, Cu₂Sn(Sx,Se_1-x)₃, and Cu₂ZnSn(SxSe_1-x)₄ (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) were deposited using the as-dissolved solutions. Furthermore, Cu₂ZnSn(SxSe_1-x)₄ solar cells with efficiencies of 6.84% and 7.02% under AM1.5 illumination were fabricated from two example solution precursors, respectively.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC00112704

OSTI ID:: 1336124

Report Number(s):: BNL-112586-2016-JA; CHCOFS; KC0403020

Journal Information:: ChemComm, Vol. 52, Issue 28; ISSN 1359-7345

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