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Facile synthesis of Cu2FeSnS4 nanoparticles for solar cell applications

M. CAO1,* , B. L. ZHANG1, C. LI1, J. HUANG1, Y. SUN2, L. J. WANG1, Y. SHEN1,*

Affiliation

  1. School of materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China
  2. National Laboratory for Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, China

Abstract

Cu2FeSnS4 (CFTS) nanoparticles have been synthesized by solvothermal method and their structural and photovoltaic properties have been studied. The bandgaps of the as-synthesized particles are about 1.56 ~ 1.67 eV determined by UV-Vis absorption spectra. The average grain sizes of CFTS nanoparticles increase with increasing the reaction temperatures and times, while decrease with increasing the amounts of Ethylenediamine (En). CFTS nanosheets will form at longer reaction times and higher reaction temperatures. The photovoltaic properties have been investigated with CFTS nanoparticle-sensitized solar cells, and the power conversion efficiencies are found to increase with decreasing the average sizes of the nanoparticles..

Keywords

Crystal growth, Solvothermal, Semiconductors, Optical properties.

Submitted at: Aug. 30, 2014
Accepted at: June 9, 2016

Citation

M. CAO, B. L. ZHANG, C. LI, J. HUANG, Y. SUN, L. J. WANG, Y. SHEN, Facile synthesis of Cu2FeSnS4 nanoparticles for solar cell applications, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 18, Iss. 5-6, pp. 515-521 (2016)