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Issue 33, 2014
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A facile molecular precursor-based Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 solar cell with 8.6% efficiency†

Yian Xie,ab   Haijie Chen,ab   Aimin Li,a   Xiaolong Zhu,a   Lei Zhang,a   Mingsheng Qin,a   Yaoming Wang,a   Yufeng Liu*a  and  Fuqiang Huang*ab  
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a CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion and State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, People's Republic of China
E-mail: liuyf@mail.sic.ac.cn, huangfq@mail.sic.ac.cn
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b State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China

Abstract

A simple, safe, and clean molecular precursor-based solution method was developed to fabricate a Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 absorber layer. Low-cost and versatile thioacetic acid was deployed as an effective solvent and suitable sulfur source to dissolve the starting materials, generating a high power conversion efficiency of 8.6% in the final cell.

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https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TA01540A
Submitted
31 Mar 2014
Accepted
19 Jun 2014
First published
20 Jun 2014
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014,2, 13237-13240
Article type
Communication
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A facile molecular precursor-based Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 solar cell with 8.6% efficiency

Y. Xie, H. Chen, A. Li, X. Zhu, L. Zhang, M. Qin, Y. Wang, Y. Liu and F. Huang, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 13237
DOI: 10.1039/C4TA01540A

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