High-speed electrodeposition of copper-tin-zinc stacks from liquid metal salts for Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cells

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Jan 16;53(5):913-916. doi: 10.1039/c6cc09225j. Epub 2016 Dec 23.

Abstract

Cu2ZnSnSe4-based solar cells with 5.5% power conversion efficiency were fabricated from Cu/Sn/Zn stacks electrodeposited from liquid metal salts. These electrolytes allow metal deposition rates one order of magnitude higher than those of other deposition methods.