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Stoichiometric thin films of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) were deposited by the spray technique on a FTO coated glass substrate, with post-annealing in a H2S environment to improve the film properties. CZTS films were used as a counter electrode (CE) in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSCs) with N719 dye and an iodine electrolyte. The DSC of 0.25 cm(2) area using a CE of CZTS film annealed in a H2S environment under AM 1.5G illumination (100 mW cm(-2)) exhibited a short circuit current density (JSC) = 18.63 mA cm(-2), an open circuit voltage (VOC) = 0.65 V and a fill factor (FF) = 0.53, resulting in an overall power conversion efficiency (PCE) = 6.4%. While the DSC using as deposited CZTS film as a CE showed the PCE = 3.7% with JSC = 13.38 mA cm(-2), VOC = 0.57 V and FF = 0.48. Thus, the spray deposited CZTS films can play an important role as a CE in the large area DSC fabrication.

Synthesis and CharacterizationThe synthetic pathways that we employed to obtain the target compounds are shown in Scheme 2. The pyrene-4,5dione was prepared by the oxidation of pyrene in the presence of ruthenium trichloride and sodium periodate. [38] It Abstract in Hindi: Scheme 1. Benzimidazole (I), phenanthrolineÀimidazole (II), phenanthroimidazole (III), fluorenoimidazole (IV), and pyrenoimidazole (V).