Synthesis of CuInSe2 nanoparticles in an oleic acid solution for application in thin film solar cells

Jae-Sub Hahn; Gyungse Park; Jaehyeong Lee; Joongpyo Shim

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.21, 754-759, January, 2015

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2014.04.008 Export Citation

Synthesis of CuInSe2 nanoparticles in an oleic acid solution for application in thin film solar cells

Jae-Sub Hahn, Gyungse Park¹, Jaehyeong Lee², and Joongpyo Shim^†

Department of Nano and Chemical Engineering, Kunsan National University, Jeonbuk 573-701, Republic of Korea
¹Department of Chemistry, Kunsan National University, Gunsan 573-701, Republic of Korea
²College of Information and Communication, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea

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CuInSe2 (CIS) nanoparticles were synthesized by a solution process using copper chloride, indium chloride and selenium as the precursors and oleic acid as the solvent. The synthesized CIS nanoparticles were characterized by XRD, SEM-EDS, and UV-vis spectroscopy. The lattice parameters of the CIS nanoparticles increased with increasing reaction temperature. The band gap energies of the CIS nanoparticles ranged from 0.954 to 0.984 eV. Ga could not be incorporated into the CIS nanoparticles regardless of high Ga concentration. The atomic ratio of Cu in the CIS nanoparticles increased with increasing Ga content in the precursor solutions, while those of Se and In decreased.

Keywords:CuInSe2;Nanoparticle;Oleic acid;Solar cell

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