Semiconductor film of a chalcogenide of a transition metal, method for its preparation and application of this semiconductor film in solar cells.

摘要

Semiconductor films composed of a dichalcogenide of a transition metal having, in particular, the composition MX2 (M = W, Mo; X = S, Se, Te) prepared in a particularly adapted method make possible their use in solar cells. Large-area films made of two-dimensional crystals 4 with good photoelectric behaviour are provided. The semiconductor film is produced at the boundary layer 5 of a melt 2 in a crystallisation vessel 1 and the gas phase 3 of the molten material above it. The two-dimensional crystals 4 having the composition MX2 and with large surfaces 8 and small side steps 9 which grow to form the semiconductor film are suitable as photovoltaic and photoelectric large-area semiconducting films for solar cells.