Laser Fabrication of Lead Selenide Thin Film

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022359226-A1
Application number	US-202217732775-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 29, 2022
Priority date	May 5, 2021
Publication date	Nov 10, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

A laser sintering deposition method for disposing lead selenide onto a substrate. The method includes: wet-milling a lead selenide ingot mixed with methanol into a colloidal slurry containing nanocrystals; separating the colloidal slurry into nanocrystal particles and the methanol; depositing the nanocrystal particles to a substrate; and emitting coherent infrared light onto the nanocrystal particles for fusing into a lead selenide crystalline film. Afterwards, the lead selenide film can be exposed to oxygen to form a lead selenite layer, and subsequently to iodine gas to produce a lead iodide layer onto the lead selenite layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A laser sintering deposition method for disposing lead chalcogenide onto a substrate, said method comprising:
wet-milling a lead chalcogenide ingot mixed with methanol into a colloidal slurry containing nanocrystal particles; separating said colloidal slurry into said nanocrystal particles and said methanol; depositing said nanocrystal particles to a substrate; and emitting coherent infrared light onto said nanocrystal particles for fusing into a lead chalcogenide crystalline film.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said wet-milling operation includes:
disposing said lead chalcogenide ingot into a mortar; adding zirconium oxide balls and methanol into said mortar; milling said ingots into said colloidal slurry in said mortar; and transferring said colloidal slurry from said mortar to a vial.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said separating operation includes:
disposing a substrate into a vial; disposing said colloidal slurry onto said substrate in said vial; spinning said vial in a centrifuge, thereby causing said methanol to separate from a particulate layer of said nanocrystalline particles; removing said methanol from said vial; and drying said substrate with said particulate layer.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said sintering operation includes:
disposing said substrate with said particulate layer into a chamber; and emitting light from an infrared laser into said chamber and onto said particulate layer for fusing into said crystalline film that adheres to said substrate to form lead chalcogenide coated sample.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said laser emits said coherent light at a wavelength of 1070 nm.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said chamber is purged with argon.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said lead chalcogenide is a compound comprising one of lead sulfide, lead selenide and lead telluride.

8 . A laser sintering deposition method for disposing lead selenide onto a substrate, said method comprising:
wet-milling a lead selenide ingot mixed with methanol into a colloidal slurry containing nanocrystal particles; separating said colloidal slurry into said nanocrystal particles and said methanol; depositing said nanocrystal particles to a substrate; and emitting coherent infrared light onto said nanocrystal particles for fusing into a lead selenide crystalline film.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , further including:
exposing said lead selenide film to oxygen to form a lead selenite layer; and exposing said lead selenite layer to iodine to produce a lead iodide layer onto said lead selenite layer.

10 . The method according to claim 8 , further including after said depositing operation:
drip casting potassium iodide onto said nanocrystal particles.

11 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein said wet-milling operation includes:
disposing said lead selenide ingot into a mortar; adding zirconium oxide balls and methanol into said mortar; milling said ingots into said colloidal slurry in said mortar; and transferring said colloidal slurry from said mortar to a vial.

12 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein said lead selenide ingot has a mass of 0.5 g.

13 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein said zirconium oxide balls are 3 mm in diameter.

14 . A laminate material comprising a substrate and a fused crystalline lead selenide layer, said layer produced by sintering lead selenide nanoparticle powder disposed on said substrate by light emission from a laser.

15 . The laminate material according to claim 14 , wherein said light emission is infrared.

16 . The laminate material according to claim 14 , further including a lead selenite film disposed onto said lead selenide layer.

17 . The laminate material according to claim 16 , further including a lead iodide film disposed onto said lead selenite film.

Assignees

• Harrison Joel T
• Gupta Mool C
• Us Navy
• Univ Virginia

Inventors

• Harrison Joel T
• Gupta Mool C

Classifications

• H10P14/6542

  by using coherent radiation, e.g. using a laser · CPC title

• H10P95/90 Primary

  Thermal treatments, e.g. annealing or sintering · CPC title

• H10P14/265

  using solutions · CPC title

• H10P14/3808

  using laser beams · CPC title

• H10P14/3436

  being chalcogenide semiconductor materials not being oxides, e.g. ternary compounds · CPC title