Understanding quaternary compound Cu2ZnSnSe4 synthesis by microscopic scale analyses at an identical location

Crossay, A.; Colombara, D.; Melchiorre, M.; Guennou, M.; Mendis, B.G.; Dale, P.J.

doi:10.1039/c6tc01114d

Understanding quaternary compound Cu2ZnSnSe4 synthesis by microscopic scale analyses at an identical location

Crossay, A.; Colombara, D.; Melchiorre, M.; Guennou, M.; Mendis, B.G.; Dale, P.J.

Authors

A. Crossay

D. Colombara

M. Melchiorre

M. Guennou

Dr Buddhika Mendis b.g.mendis@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

P.J. Dale

Abstract

The synthesis of multinary compound films from layered precursors is only partially understood. Identical location microscopy resolves the multi-step synthesis of Cu2ZnSnSe4 from metallic stacks on the micron-scale. Large scale metal alloying and the seemingly illogical observation that ZnSe segregates preferentially on locations previously poor of zinc are revealed.

Citation

Crossay, A., Colombara, D., Melchiorre, M., Guennou, M., Mendis, B., & Dale, P. (2016). Understanding quaternary compound Cu2ZnSnSe4 synthesis by microscopic scale analyses at an identical location. Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 4(21), 4626-4629. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6tc01114d

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Apr 26, 2016
Online Publication Date	Apr 27, 2016
Publication Date	Jun 7, 2016
Deposit Date	May 10, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Apr 26, 2017
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices
Print ISSN	2050-7526
Electronic ISSN	2050-7534
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	4
Issue	21
Pages	4626-4629
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1039/c6tc01114d