Properties of the thin-film solar cells with heterojunctions Cu2S-Cd1-xZnxS and Cu2Se-Cd1-xZnxSe

Jafarov, M. A.; Nasirov, E. F.

doi:10.1117/12.929100

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“…This article concerns investigations into the electrodeposition of Cu 2 Se, a binary compound that could be used in the formation of CZTS. In addition, Cu 2 Se itself has potential applications as a photovoltaic window material, in optical fibers, Li ion cells, thermoelectric converters, photothermal conversion devices, and microwave shield coatings. − Cu 2 Se has been formed using numerous techniques, ,, including a hydrazine-based process, although it required high temperatures and toxic materials . Paraffin liquids have been used, but they contain contaminating organics and control in deposition is limited .…”

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Potential Pulse Atomic Layer Deposition of Cu₂Se

Perdue

Stickney

2016

Chem. Mater.

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Crystalline thin films of cuprous selenide (Cu2Se) were electrodeposited at room temperature from an aqueous solution containing elemental precursors for Cu and Se, using a potential pulse version of atomic layer deposition. Cyclic voltammetry was used to estimate Anodic and Cathodic cycle potentials for the formation of Cu2Se, which were then examined to systematically optimize the cycle. Electron probe microanalysis was used to follow the Cu/Se atomic ratios as a function of the cycle parameters, and X-ray diffraction was used to investigate deposit structure: polycrystalline orthorhombic Cu2Se, with some cubic. Film thicknesses, from spectroscopic ellipsometry, were shown to be proportional to the number of cycles performed (0.02 nm/cycle), and scanning electron microscopy suggested that the deposits were consistent with layer-by-layer growth as a function of the number of cycles.

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