DocumentCode
2358335
Title
CIGS nanoparticles for solar cell application: Synthesis and characterization
Author
Shrestha, Sudhir ; Agarwal, Mangilal ; Cambridge, Jason ; Canner, Mark ; Ghane, Parvin ; Hemati, Azadeh ; Varahramyan, Kody
Author_Institution
Integrated Nanosyst. Dev. Inst. (INDI), Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, IN, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
6-8 May 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Copper indium gallium selenium (CIGS) nanoparticles were synthesized by heating copper chloride, indium chloride, gallium chloride, and selenium in oleylamine, and purified through centrifugation and precipitation process. A stable dispersion of the CIGS nanoparticles (70 nm) in chloroform and toluene were obtained. The UV-Vis-NIR absorption result shows a good absorption in the solar spectrum range with band edge near 1100 nm wavelength (1.13 eV).
Keywords
absorption; copper; gallium compounds; indium compounds; selenium; solar cells; CIGS nanoparticles; Cu; Ga; In; Se; UV-Vis-NIR absorption; chloroform; heating copper chloride; precipitation process; size 1100 nm; size 70 nm; solar cell application; toluene; Absorption; Dispersion; Heating; Nanoparticles; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electro/Information Technology (EIT), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Indianapolis, IN
ISSN
2154-0357
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0819-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EIT.2012.6220745
Filename
6220745
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