Issue 44, 2014

Synthesis of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films directly onto conductive substrates via selective thermolysis using microwave energy

Abstract

Copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS) thin films were deposited from homogeneous solutions of precursors and directly onto conductive films via selective thermolysis by microwave heating. Microwave energy is absorbed strongly by conductive films, which enables preferential heating to a sufficiently high temperature for the deposition of CZTS exclusively on the conductive layer without homogeneous nucleation of CZTS in the liquid phase or heterogeneous nucleation of CZTS on uncoated portions of substrates.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films directly onto conductive substrates via selective thermolysis using microwave energy

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Dec 2013
Accepted
15 Apr 2014
First published
24 Apr 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 5902-5904

Synthesis of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films directly onto conductive substrates via selective thermolysis using microwave energy

T. R. Knutson, P. J. Hanson, E. S. Aydil and R. L. Penn, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 5902 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49207A

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