title: Metal-metal chalcogenide molecular precursors to binary, ternary, and quaternary metal chalcogenide thin films for electronic devices.
abstract: Bulk metals and metal chalcogenides are found to dissolve in primary amine-dithiol solvent mixtures at ambient conditions. Thin-films of CuS, SnS, ZnS, Cu2Sn(S(x),Se(1-x))3, and Cu2ZnSn(S(x)Se(1-x))4 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) were deposited using the as-dissolved solutions. Cu2ZnSn(S(x)Se(1-x))4 solar cells with efficiencies of 6.84% and 7.02% under AM1.5 illumination were fabricated from two example solution precursors, respectively.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. ruihong.zhang.1@purdue.edu handwerker@purdue.edu.
authors.forename: Ruihong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. agrawalr@purdue.edu.
authors.forename: Seonghyuk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. ruihong.zhang.1@purdue.edu handwerker@purdue.edu.
authors.forename: Daw Gen
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. ruihong.zhang.1@purdue.edu handwerker@purdue.edu.
authors.forename: Xianyi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA. estachbnl@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Eric A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Stach
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. ruihong.zhang.1@purdue.edu handwerker@purdue.edu.
authors.forename: Carol A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Handwerker
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. agrawalr@purdue.edu.
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Agrawal
mesh_terms: D018011:Chalcogens / Q000737:chemistry*; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D004581:Electronics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010316:Particle Size; D012993:Solar Energy; D013499:Surface Properties; D014001:Tin / Q000737:chemistry*; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D018011:Chalcogens; D014001:Tin; D003300:Copper; D015032:Zinc