Issue 37, 2013
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Direct extreme UV-lithographic conversion of metal xanthates into nanostructured metal sulfide layers for hybrid photovoltaics†

Thomas Rath,*a   Celestino Padeste,b   Michaela Vockenhuber,b   Christopher Fradler,ac   Matthias Edler,d   Angelika Reichmann,e   Ilse Letofsky-Papst,e   Ferdinand Hofer,e   Yasin Ekincib  and  Thomas Griesserd  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria
E-mail: thomas.rath@tugraz.at

b Laboratory for Micro- and Nanotechnology, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland

c Christian Doppler Laboratory for Nanocomposite Solar Cells, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria

d Chair of Chemistry of Polymeric Materials & Christian Doppler Laboratory for Functional and Polymer Based Inkjet Inks, University of Leoben, Otto Glöckel-Strasse 2, 8700 Leoben, Austria

e Institute for Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis, Graz University of Technology & Graz Centre for Electron Microscopy, Steyrergasse 17, 8010 Graz, Austria

Abstract

We present a versatile strategy toward the preparation of nanostructured metal sulfide layers, which exploits the photosensitivity of metal xanthates as a powerful tool for lithographic structuring. Using extreme ultraviolet interference lithography (EUV-IL), we successfully realized well-defined column and comb nanostructures. This approach provides new pathways to fabricate highly ordered structured metal sulfide layers with periodicities far below 100 nm for potential application in hybrid solar cells.

Graphical abstract: Direct extreme UV-lithographic conversion of metal xanthates into nanostructured metal sulfide layers for hybrid photovoltaics

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3TA12592K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Jul 2013
Accepted
29 Jul 2013
First published
30 Jul 2013
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013,1, 11135-11140

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Direct extreme UV-lithographic conversion of metal xanthates into nanostructured metal sulfide layers for hybrid photovoltaics

T. Rath, C. Padeste, M. Vockenhuber, C. Fradler, M. Edler, A. Reichmann, I. Letofsky-Papst, F. Hofer, Y. Ekinci and T. Griesser, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 11135 DOI: 10.1039/C3TA12592K

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