{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["8(20)"],"submitter":["Sheppard A"],"pubmed_abstract":["Solution-based deposition of high-quality inorganic compound semiconductors onto a variety of substrates is a key challenge toward integrating photovoltaic technologies into a wide range of infrastructures. Cu<sub>2</sub>ZnSn-(S,Se)<sub>4</sub> (CZTSSe) is one of the most promising solar absorbers processable by solution-based methods, however there is a substantial knowledge gap linking the chemistry of cation complexes and chalcogen precursors, e.g. thiourea (TU), to the microstructure and opto-electronic properties of the thin-films. In this study, we focus our attention on the complexation of zinc chloride (ZnCl<sub>2</sub>) and zinc acetate (ZnAc<sub>2</sub>) in dimethylformamide (DMF)-based CZTS precursor inks and how this ultimately affects the performance of CZTSSe thin-film device"],"journal":["ACS applied energy materials"],"pagination":["15258-15267"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12569970"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["From Solutions to Photovoltaic Devices: Assessing the Impact of Zn Complexation for Bifacial Cu&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;ZnSn(S,Se)&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; Thin Films."],"pmcid":["PMC12569970"],"pubmed_authors":["Benhaddou N","Bowers JW","Kenyon J","Mahmoud L","Fermin DJ","Sheppard A","Black AW"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"From Solutions to Photovoltaic Devices: Assessing the Impact of Zn Complexation for Bifacial Cu&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;ZnSn(S,Se)&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; Thin Films.","description":"Solution-based deposition of high-quality inorganic compound semiconductors onto a variety of substrates is a key challenge toward integrating photovoltaic technologies into a wide range of infrastructures. Cu<sub>2</sub>ZnSn-(S,Se)<sub>4</sub> (CZTSSe) is one of the most promising solar absorbers processable by solution-based methods, however there is a substantial knowledge gap linking the chemistry of cation complexes and chalcogen precursors, e.g. thiourea (TU), to the microstructure and opto-electronic properties of the thin-films. In this study, we focus our attention on the complexation of zinc chloride (ZnCl<sub>2</sub>) and zinc acetate (ZnAc<sub>2</sub>) in dimethylformamide (DMF)-based CZTS precursor inks and how this ultimately affects the performance of CZTSSe thin-film device","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Oct","modification":"2026-06-05T09:35:06.881Z","creation":"2026-05-15T03:12:58.707Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12569970","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41169693"],"doi":["10.1021/acsaem.5c02266"]}}