novel evaporation process for deposition of kesterite thin films synthesized by solvothermal method

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Abstract
Kesterite, a quaternary compound of Cu2ZnSnS4, is a promising option as a material absorber to reduce the cost of photovoltaic solar cells. The solvothermal method is a way to synthesize nanoparticles of this material. In this work, once synthesized, particles were deposited on a substrate through evaporation, and their morphological, structural, and optical properties were studied. Results show that changes of precursor ratios during solvothermal synthesis result in a modification of particle morphology but not on its size. The deposition of already synthesized kesterite through evaporation preserves kesterite structure and permits the formation of a homogenous film on a substrate. Optical reflectance and transmittance measurements allowed estimating the band-gap energy between 1.41 and 1.46 eV for representative samples, which is near the optimum for the absorber material.
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Authors ;J. A. Estrada-Ayub;L. Álvarez Contreras;M. Román Aguirre;J. G. Murillo Ramírez;M. T. Ochoa-Lara;P. Pizá-Ruiz;A. Aguilar Elguezabal
Journal bulletin of the korean chemical society
Year 2017
DOI
10.1155/2017/7905343
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7905343
Keywords
materials of engineering and construction mechanics of materials

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