A new route for the synthesis of CuIn0.5Ga0.5Se2 powder for solar cell applications

Powder Technology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-31

  Yassitepe, Emre ^a   Khalifa, Zaki ^a,b   Jaffari, G Hassnain ^a   Chou, Chuen Shii ^c   Zulfiqar, Sonia ^a,d   Sarwar, Muhammad Ilyas ^a,d   Shah, Syed Ismat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b BENI SUEF UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Band gap energy; Copper indium gallium diselenide particles; Single phase; Solvo thermal route

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; BAND GAP ENERGY; BULK MATERIALS; COPPER INDIUM GALLIUM DISELENIDE; CRYSTALLINITIES; ELEMENT POWDERS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ETHYLENE DIAMINE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHASE PLATE; POSTSYNTHESIS; SELENIZATION; SIMPLE METHOD; SINGLE PHASE; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SYNTHESIS TIME; THERMAL ROUTES; TRIETHYLENETETRAMINE; UV-VIS-NIR SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

COPPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISSOLUTION; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; ENERGY GAP; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; GALLIUM; INDIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

COPPER INDIUM GALLIUM DISELENIDE; ELEMENT; ETHYLENEDIAMINE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; TRIENTINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVICE; DISSOLUTION; ENERGY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR CELL; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77952290466     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2010.02.034     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. 2 thin film solar cells. Thin Solid Films 2005, 480-481:499-502.
2. 2 solar cell with 81.2% fill factor. Prog. Photovoltaics Res. Appl. 2008, 16:235-239.
3. Staebler D.L., Wronski C.R. Reversible conductivity changes in discharge-produced amorphous Si. Appl. Phys. Lett. 1977, 31(4):292-294.
4. 3 precursor films. Appl. Phys. Lett. 1994, 65(2):198-200.
5. 2Se atmosphere. Appl. Phys. Lett 1995, 67(26):3978-3980.
6. Contreras M.A., Egaas B., Ramanathan K., Hiltner J., Swartzlander A., Hasoon1 F., Noufi R. Progress toward 20% efficiency in Cu(In, Ga)Se2 polycrystalline thin-film solar cells. Prog. Photovoltaics Res. Appl. 1999, 7:311-316.
7. 2 films and devices. Thin Solid Films 2000, 361-362:473-477.
8. 2 films prepared by three-stage coevaporation and their application to CIGS solar cells for a 14.48% efficiency. J. Korean Phys. Soc. 2001, 39(4):655-660.
9. Schlenker T., Laptev V., Schock H.W., Werner J.H. Substrate influence on Cu(In, Ga)Se2 film texture. Thin Solid Films 2005, 480-481:29-32.
10. Kaelin M., Rudmann D., Kurdesau F., Zogg H., Meyer T., Tiwari A.N. Low-cost CIGS solar cells by paste coating and selenization. Thin Solid Films 2005, 480-481:486-490.
11. 2 nanoparticles by solvothermal route. Thin Solid Films 2005, 480-481:46-49.
12. 2 (CIGS) nanocrystal inks for printable photovoltaics. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130(49):16770-16777.
13. 2 solar cell materials. J. Electron. Mater. 1998, 27(5):433-437.
14. 2 Absorber layer by nanoparticles-based spray deposition. Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 2005, 836. L5.10.1-L5.10.6.
15. 2 nanoparticles by low temperature colloidal route. J. Mech. Sci. Technol. 2005, 19(11):2085-2090.
16. Ahn S.J., Kim K.H., Chun Y.G., Yoon K.H. Nucleation and growth of Cu(In, Ga)Se2 nanoparticles in low temperature colloidal process. Thin Solid Films 2007, 515:4036-4040.
17. Morales A.E., Mora E.S., Pal U. Use of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for optical characterization of un-supported nanostructures. Rev. Mex. Fis. 2007, 53(5):18-22.
18. 2 on its electronic, structural, and defect properties. Appl. Phys. Lett. 1998, 72:3199-3201.
19. Banerjee R., Jayakrishnan R., Ayyub P. Effect of the size-induced structural transformation on the band gap in CdS nanoparticles. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 2000, 12:10647-10654.
20. Gloeckler M., Sites J.R. Band-gap grading in Cu(In, Ga)Se2 solar cells. J. Phys. Chem. Solids 2005, 66:1891-1894.