Materials Letters   2015 年 156 卷

2015.10.01

In this letter, a low-cost non-vacuum process is introduced to fabricate the pure crystalline chalcopyrite (CH) CuInS2 thin films. Since the Chalcopyrite (CH) and CuAu (CA) ordering phases have very close formation energy and structures and tend to coexist in CIS films, it is very difficult to get single-phase chalcopyrite CIS in normal way. Simply, in this study, the high-temperature sulfurization of copper indium oxide nanoparticles precursor layers has been taken out and the presence of the metastable CuAu (CA) ordering phase is successfully avoided in the chalcopyrite CIS thin films. In addition, films sulfurized at high temperature show pure chalcopyrite phase, good crystallization and reliable optical properties, which are suitable for preparation of high efficiency solar cells.