One prepares cuprio sulfoselenide semiconductor film film method
Technical field
The present invention relates to the preparation method of a kind of photoelectric properties improving multi-element Cu-base sulfoselenide semiconductive thin film
Background technology
Along with sustainable growth and the rapid development of economy of world population, energy resource consumption can be increasing.And the energy in modern times
Carrier remains traditional non-renewable fossil energy-coal, oil, natural gas etc..On the one hand, fossil energy is a large amount of
Consume and make it exhausted at last.On the other hand, fossil energy in use can produce substantial amounts of greenhouse gases and pollution
Property gas, and then bring serious environmental problem.Therefore, develop reproducible clean energy resource to gradually reduce until finally taking
It is to realize the only way of human economic society sustainable development for fossil energy.Solar energy is that the mankind are available the richest
Rich regenerative resource, is also most important basic power source.But, although solar energy have total amount abundant, renewable,
The advantages such as cleaning, but there is also the shortcomings such as energy density is low, illumination is discontinuous and limit its large-scale actual application.Cause
How this, facilitate the capture of economy and storage solar energy to remain the difficult problem utilizing solar energy to be faced on a large scale.Thin film
Solar-energy photo-voltaic cell and water decomposition battery are two kinds and can utilize solar energy on a large scale and have the technology of application prospect.
Multi-element Cu-base sulfoselenide such as CuIn1-xGaxSe2, Cu2ZnSn(SSe)4(CZTSSe) having suitable band gap, light absorbs
High (> 10 of coefficient4cm-1) etc. advantage, be subject in fields such as solar-energy photo-voltaic cell and water decomposition batteries as light absorbing material
Arrive the extensive concern of people.But, performance preferably CuIn1-xGaxSe2Or CZTSSe solar energy conversion device
It is all to utilize high vacuum method or hydrazine method to prepare.Hydrazine toxicity is relatively big, to bad environmental.Solution-spin-coating method becomes
This is cheap, and technique is simple, and environmental friendliness, is one of a kind of Perfected process preparing multi-element Cu-base sulfoselenide thin film.So
And, utilize the performance of the multi-element Cu-base sulfoselenide solar energy conversion device that solution-spin-coating method prepares to need further
Improve.Therefore, solution-spin-coating method is utilized to prepare high performance multi-element Cu-base sulfoselenide semiconductor film membrane module still
It it is a huge challenge.
Summary of the invention
It is an object of the invention to, it is provided that a kind of simple low cost is prepared (especially by humidity regulation) and improved polynary copper
The method of base sulfoselenide semiconductor light electrical property, is applied to solar photovoltaic the multi-element Cu-base sulfoselenide prepared
Pond or hydrogen production by water decomposition.
Technical scheme: prepare cuprio sulfoselenide semiconductor film film method, described multi-element Cu-base sulfoselenide
Chemical general formula is Cux1M1x2M2x3(SSe)x4, M1 and M2 is different metallic elements, and respectively Zn, Sn, Ge,
One or two kinds of in Si, In, Ga, Al;Multi-element Cu-base sulfoselenide is copper-zinc-tin-sulfur or CuGaS2Thin film;Tool
Body step is:
1) by Schweinfurt green, copper chloride, Cu-lyt., the one or more kinds of arbitrary proportion mixture in copper nitrate
With one or any two in the nitrate of M1 and M2 metal ion, chlorate or the acetate described in right 1
Kind arbitrary proportion mixture and thiourea add and be added separately in solvent to be stirred mixing, the presoma obtaining clarification is molten
Liquid;Described solvent is ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, and diformazan Asia is mocked, methanol, more than the one or two kinds of in ethanol and ethylene glycol
Arbitrary proportion mixture;
2) by step 1) the clarification precursor solution prepared in the environment that relative humidity is 5%-95% aging 0.5-200 hour.
On conductive substrates, in the air of 200-550 DEG C, calcining obtains one layer for 1-60 minute in precursor solution spin coating after aging
Thin film, repeats above spin coating and the optimal thickness sample of calcining step acquisition 0.05-3 micron;After spin coating and calcining complete,
Sample is carried out sulfur selenizing at a temperature of 450-600 DEG C, and the sulfur selenizing time is 20-120 minute, and sulfur selenizing is elemental sulfur
Carry out in hydrogen selenide gas with selenium steam atmosphere or hydrogen sulfide;After sulfuration or selenizing complete, obtain about 0.05-3 micron
Thick multi-element Cu-base sulfoselenide thin film.
3) by step 1) the transparent precursor solution of gained utilizes step 2) same method is prepared as thin film;Transparent forerunner
Do not carry out aging before liquid solution spin coating, but during spin coating, Regulate Environment relative humidity enters between 5%-95%
Row spin coating operation.
Described clarification precursor solution, to its aging or different humidity condition backspin under the humidity atmosphere of regulation and control
It is coated with the raising each contributing to multi-element Cu-base sulfoselenide film photoelectric performance.
Under the conditions of the relative ambient humidity of 20-30% aging or spin coating operation effect is more preferable.
Described multi-element Cu-base sulfoselenide thin film, may apply to thin-film solar cells, it is also possible to for light emitting diode etc.
On electrooptical device.
The method have the benefit that the present invention makes multi-element Cu-base sulfoselenide by the ambient humidity residing for regulation and control precursor solution
Photoelectric properties obtain the lifting of about three times.
The inventive method is simple, with low cost, it is easy to large-scale production.It is applicable to solar energy conversion device, such as photovoltaic electric
Pond and decomposing water with solar energy etc..
Accompanying drawing explanation
The precursor solution that Fig. 1 is the embodiment of the present invention 1 and comparative example 1 is configured is old under the conditions of high humidity environment
The photo figure of (a) (b) afterwards before change.
Fig. 2 be the embodiment of the present invention 1 and comparative example 1 aging before and the CZTS for preparing of aging rear precursor solution thin
Film surface and cross section SEM figure.A () and (c) is the surface of the CZTS thin film utilizing aging rear precursor solution to prepare and cuts
Face SEM schemes;B () and (d) is surface and the cross section SEM figure of the CZTS thin film utilizing unaged precursor solution to prepare.
Fig. 3 be the embodiment of the present invention 1 and comparative example 1 aging before and the CZTS for preparing of aging rear precursor solution thin
The XRD figure of film.
Fig. 4 be the embodiment of the present invention 1 and comparative example 1 aging before and the CZTS for preparing of aging rear precursor solution thin
The Raman spectrogram of film.A () is visible Raman spectrogram, (b) is uv raman spectroscopy figure.
Fig. 5 is the embodiment of the present invention 1 and the aging front CZTS light prepared with aging rear precursor solution of comparative example 1
The photoelectric current of negative electrode-potential curve figure.
Fig. 6 is the CuGaS that under the embodiment of the present invention 2 and comparative example 2 different humidity environment prepared by spin coating operation2Thin
The XRD figure of film.
Fig. 7 is the CuGaS that under this method embodiment 2 and comparative example 2 different humidity environment prepared by spin coating operation2Light
The photoelectric current of negative electrode-potential curve figure.
Detailed description of the invention
Below in conjunction with specific embodiment, the present invention will be further described:
Embodiment 1:
Step 1 is by 1.5224g sulfur selenourea, 0.4513g SnCl2·2H2O, 0.7187g Cu (CH3COO)2·H2O with
And 0.3271g ZnCl2It is dissolved into successively in the ethylene glycol monomethyl ether solution of 20ml, is sufficiently stirred for being configured to the forerunner of clarification
Liquid solution.The precursor solution of clarification is placed in the air of 20 DEG C and 60% humidity and is carried out aging in 12 hours, makes
The precursor solution that standby one-tenth is aging.
Precursor solution after step 2 is aging is prepared as CZTS thin film by the way of spin coating on molybdenum glass substrate.Rotation
Being coated with rotating speed is 3000 revs/min, and the time is 30 seconds.Every spin coating one layer, calcines 5 minutes in the air of 400 DEG C.
In order to obtain the film thickness of optimum, spin coating is from multiple 6 times.After spin coating completes, sulfur under the atmosphere of 580 DEG C of sulfur steam
Change 60 minutes.With flow for 130ml min during sulfuration-1Nitrogen be carrier gas.1.3 μ m-thick are obtained after having vulcanized
Copper-zinc-tin-sulfur i.e. CZTS thin film.
Comparative example 1:
Utilize clarification precursor solution (but not carrying out aging) system by the way of embodiment 1 is identical that embodiment 1 configures
Standby one-tenth CZTS thin film.Owing to the viscosity of clarification precursor solution is less, to obtain and prepare with aging precursor solution
The thickness that CZTS thin film is identical, spin coating repeats 28 times.
Embodiment 2:
Step 1 is by the Cu (NO of 0.5843g3)2˙3H2Ga (the NO of O and 0.619g3)3˙H2O is dissolved into 4ml successively
Methanol solution in.Then it is stirred being sufficiently mixed with the 3.5ml methanol solution dissolving 0.375g polyvinyl acetate,
After stirring 30 minutes, it is thus achieved that the transparent precursor solution of 7.5ml.
The transparent precursor solution of step 2 is prepared as CuGaS by the way of spin coating on molybdenum glass substrate2Thin film.Rotating speed
Being 1500 revs/min, the time is 30 seconds.Spin coating calcines 3 points after completing in the air of 150 DEG C and 250 DEG C respectively
Clock and 7 minutes.In order to obtain optimum film thickness, spin coating is repeated 6 times.It is spin-coated on the relative ambient humidity condition of 20%
Lower operation.After spin coating completes, thin film is calcined 1 hour in the air of 350 DEG C, then at the hydrogen sulfide of 500 DEG C
(1%) nitrogen mixed gas and vulcanizes 30 minutes acquisition CuGaS2Thin film.
Comparative example 2:
The transparent precursor solution utilizing embodiment 2 to configure is prepared as CZTS thin film by the way of embodiment 2 is identical.
Except for the difference that operate under the conditions of being spin-coated on the relative ambient humidity of 60%.
We have carried out every sign to the multi-element Cu-base sulfide optoelectronic pole obtained through above-mentioned steps, and Fig. 1 to Fig. 7 is
Characterization result to multi-element Cu-base sulfide film optoelectronic pole.Wherein, Shanghai occasion China CHI633C type electrochemistry work is utilized
Make the photoelectric current-potential curve of station test multi-element Cu-base sulfide optoelectronic pole.Test uses three-electrode system, cuprio sulfur selenium
Compound is as negative electrode, and platinum is as anode, and SCE electrode is as reference electrode.AM 1.5G(100mW cm-2) sun
Optical simulator is as light source.
It will be seen from figure 1 that become gel after the transparent precursor solution of CZTS is aging.Fig. 2 be aging before (b and
D) the CZTS film surface prepared with aging rear (a and c) precursor solution and cross section SEM figure.From CZTS surface and
The SEM in cross section schemes it can be seen that CZTS crystal grain prepared by aging rear precursor solution significantly increases, and number of grain boundaries drops
Low.Fig. 3 be aging before and the XRD figure of CZTS thin film prepared of aging rear precursor solution.From figure 3, it can be seen that
The thin film diffraction peak prepared meets the characteristic diffraction peak of CZTS, the diffraction maximum of other dephasign does not occur.Fig. 4 is old
Visible (a) and ultraviolet (b) the Raman spectrogram of the CZTS thin film prepared with aging rear precursor solution before changing.From Fig. 4 (a)
It can be seen that all of vibration peak is classified as the characteristic peak of CZTS.From Fig. 4 (b) it can be seen that before aging and aging after before
Drive in CZTS thin film prepared by liquid solution and there is ZnS dephasign.Fig. 5 is aging front and prepared by aging rear precursor solution
The photoelectric current of CZTS photocathode-potential curve figure.From fig. 5, it can be seen that pass through the aging of precursor solution, compare not
Aging sample, the photoelectric current of CZTS photocathode prepared by aging rear precursor solution is had to obtain the lifting of about three times.
Fig. 6 is the CuGaS that under different humidity environment prepared by spin coating operation2The XRD figure of thin film.From fig. 6, it can be seen that it is different
The thin film that under relative humidity conditions, spin coating operation is prepared is CuGaS2.Fig. 7 is spin coating operation under different humidity environment
The CuGaS of preparation2The photoelectric current of photocathode-potential curve figure.By humidity regulation, spin coating operation system under low-humidity environment
For the CuGaS gone out2The photoelectric current of photocathode is significantly improved.