Facile Ultrasound-Assisted Synthesis of Copper Zinc Tin Sulfide Chalcogenide Nanoparticles for Thin Film Solar Cell Applications

Authors

  • Akanksha Paraye
    Affiliation
    Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Raipur, Raipur, 492010 Chhattisgarh, India
  • Manivannan Ramachandran
    Affiliation
    Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Raipur, Raipur, 492010 Chhattisgarh, India
  • Noyel Victoria Selvam
    Affiliation
    Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Raipur, Raipur, 492010 Chhattisgarh, India
https://doi.org/10.3311/PPch.14923

Abstract

Single-step ultrasound-assisted synthesis of Copper Zinc Tin Sulfide nanoparticles (CZTS) has been studied at two different frequencies. While the effects of frequency on the particle size of the CZTS nanoparticles were insignificant, a noticeable change was observed in composition. As-obtained particles presented the amorphous nature and spherical morphology with a high degree of agglomeration. Annealing of the synthesized CZTS nanoparticles increased the crystallinity while the sulfur content decreased considerably. The poly-dispersity and agglomeration of the nanoparticles increased upon annealing. The as-obtained CZTS nanoparticles synthesized at 45 kHz frequency presented a copper deprived and zinc-rich composition suitable for higher photo-conversion efficiency of the solar cells. The bandgap of the annealed and non-annealed particles ranged between 1.25 eV and 1.65 eV.

Keywords:

CZTS, sonochemical, frequency, annealing, solar cell

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Published Online

2020-02-06

How to Cite

Paraye, A., Ramachandran, M., Selvam, N. V. “Facile Ultrasound-Assisted Synthesis of Copper Zinc Tin Sulfide Chalcogenide Nanoparticles for Thin Film Solar Cell Applications”, Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering, 65(1), pp. 42–49, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3311/PPch.14923

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