{"_id":"351","publisher":"American Chemical Society","page":"15982 - 15985","volume":135,"title":"Antimony-based ligand exchange to promote crystallization in spray-deposited Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cells","author":[{"last_name":"Carrete","full_name":"Carrete, Alex","first_name":"Alex"},{"first_name":"Alexey","last_name":"Shavel","full_name":"Shavel, Alexey"},{"first_name":"Xavier","last_name":"Fontané","full_name":"Fontané, Xavier"},{"first_name":"Joana","full_name":"Montserrat, Joana","last_name":"Montserrat"},{"first_name":"Jiandong","last_name":"Fan","full_name":"Fan, Jiandong"},{"last_name":"Ibáñez","full_name":"Ibáñez, Maria","first_name":"Maria","orcid":"0000-0001-5013-2843","id":"43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"full_name":"Saucedo, Edgardo","last_name":"Saucedo","first_name":"Edgardo"},{"first_name":"Alejandro","last_name":"Pérez Rodríguez","full_name":"Pérez Rodríguez, Alejandro"},{"full_name":"Cabot, Andreu","last_name":"Cabot","first_name":"Andreu"}],"issue":"43","article_type":"original","publication_status":"published","date_published":"2013-10-30T00:00:00Z","oa_version":"None","type":"journal_article","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","day":"30","intvolume":"       135","month":"10","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"article_processing_charge":"No","publist_id":"7479","date_updated":"2021-01-12T07:43:57Z","quality_controlled":"1","status":"public","acknowledgement":"This work was supported by the European Regional Development Funds and the Framework 7 program under project SCALENANO (FP7-NMP-ENERGY-2011-284486). E.S. thanks the Spanish government for the “Ramon y Cajal” fellowship (RYC-2011-09212).","publication":"Journal of the American Chemical Society","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"A multistrategy approach to overcome the main challenges of nanoparticle-based solution-processed Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin film solar cells is presented. We developed an efficient ligand exchange strategy, using an antimony salt, to displace organic ligands from the surface of Cu 2ZnSnS4 nanoparticles. An automated pulsed spray-deposition system was used to deposit the nanoparticles into homogeneous and crack-free films with controlled thickness. After annealing the film in a Se-rich atmosphere, carbon-free and crystalline Cu2ZnSnSe4 absorber layers were obtained. Not only was crystallization promoted by the complete removal of organics, but also Sb itself played a critical role. The Sb-assisted crystal growth is associated with the formation of a Sb-based compound at the grain boundaries, which locally reduces the melting point, thus promoting the film diffusion-limited crystallization. "}],"doi":"10.1021/ja4068639","year":"2013","date_created":"2018-12-11T11:45:58Z","extern":"1","citation":{"short":"A. Carrete, A. Shavel, X. Fontané, J. Montserrat, J. Fan, M. Ibáñez, E. Saucedo, A. Pérez Rodríguez, A. Cabot, Journal of the American Chemical Society 135 (2013) 15982–15985.","ama":"Carrete A, Shavel A, Fontané X, et al. Antimony-based ligand exchange to promote crystallization in spray-deposited Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cells. <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i>. 2013;135(43):15982-15985. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/ja4068639\">10.1021/ja4068639</a>","ieee":"A. Carrete <i>et al.</i>, “Antimony-based ligand exchange to promote crystallization in spray-deposited Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cells,” <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i>, vol. 135, no. 43. American Chemical Society, pp. 15982–15985, 2013.","apa":"Carrete, A., Shavel, A., Fontané, X., Montserrat, J., Fan, J., Ibáñez, M., … Cabot, A. (2013). Antimony-based ligand exchange to promote crystallization in spray-deposited Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cells. <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i>. American Chemical Society. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/ja4068639\">https://doi.org/10.1021/ja4068639</a>","chicago":"Carrete, Alex, Alexey Shavel, Xavier Fontané, Joana Montserrat, Jiandong Fan, Maria Ibáñez, Edgardo Saucedo, Alejandro Pérez Rodríguez, and Andreu Cabot. “Antimony-Based Ligand Exchange to Promote Crystallization in Spray-Deposited Cu2ZnSnSe4 Solar Cells.” <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i>. American Chemical Society, 2013. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/ja4068639\">https://doi.org/10.1021/ja4068639</a>.","ista":"Carrete A, Shavel A, Fontané X, Montserrat J, Fan J, Ibáñez M, Saucedo E, Pérez Rodríguez A, Cabot A. 2013. Antimony-based ligand exchange to promote crystallization in spray-deposited Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(43), 15982–15985.","mla":"Carrete, Alex, et al. “Antimony-Based Ligand Exchange to Promote Crystallization in Spray-Deposited Cu2ZnSnSe4 Solar Cells.” <i>Journal of the American Chemical Society</i>, vol. 135, no. 43, American Chemical Society, 2013, pp. 15982–85, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/ja4068639\">10.1021/ja4068639</a>."}}