Understanding quaternary compound Cu ₂ ZnSnSe ₄ synthesis by microscopic scale analyses at an identical location

A. Crossay; D. Colombara; M. Melchiorre; M. Guennou; B. G. Mendis; P. J. Dale

doi:10.1039/c6tc01114d

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Understanding quaternary compound Cu ₂ ZnSnSe ₄ synthesis by microscopic scale analyses at an identical location

A. Crossay, D. Colombara, M. Melchiorre, M. Guennou, B. G. Mendis, P. J. Dale

Journal of Materials Chemistry C· Volume 4· Issue 21

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Mapping of an identical location before and after chemical reactions reveals new insights on the synthesis of multinary compound films. For the photovoltaic material Cu ₂ ZnSnSe ₄ , the detrimental ZnSe phase appears mainly on areas that were Zn poor before selenization.

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Electronic materials

OpenAlex topics: Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films · Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties · Semiconductor materials and interfaces

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Affiliations

Physics and Materials Science Research Unit

Université du Luxembourg

L-4422 Belvaux

Luxembourg

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology

Department of Physics—Durham University

Durham DH13LE

UK

Funding

Seventh Framework Programme

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