The Preparation of Cu2ZnSnSe4 Films by Selenization of the Oxide Precursors

A low-cost non-vacuum process for fabrication of Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe) films by solvent-free mechanochemical method and spin-coating process is described. First, highly monodisperse Cu, Zn, Sn oxides nanoparticles are synthesized via a facile, solvent-free route. Second, the oxide particulate precursors are deposited in a thin layer by spin-coating technique. Finally, the dry layers are sintered into CZTSe thin films selenization. Through X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), it is found that near stoichiometric CZTSe films with a micron-sized grains are obtained in our work.