Hydrazine-free precursor for solution-processed all-inorganic Se and Se 1− x Te x photovoltaics
Open Access
- 15 October 2025
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
- Vol. 13 (43) , 36953-36962
Abstract
We prepare and isolate propylammonium poly-Se(-Te) precursors from a thiol-amine solvent system to produce high quality Se and Se–Te alloy films with bandgaps tunable from 1.2 eV to 1.86 eV for applications in photovoltaics.Keywords
Funding Information
- Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology, University of Pennsylvania
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research (#FA9550-24RYCOR011)
- Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development (24IOA046)
- Directorate for Engineering
- National Science Foundation (DMR-2429281)
- National Science Foundation (DMR-2309043)
- National Science Foundation (NNCI-2025608)
- National Science Foundation (DMR-2019444)
- Intel Corporation
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