The invention relates to the field of
photovoltaic power generation materials, in particular to polycrystal single-phase
zinc telluride and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: mixing raw materials including
zinc particles and
tellurium particles, putting the mixture into a
crucible, covering the
crucible with a cover, and putting the
crucible into a reaction kettle; vacuumizing, heating and preheating; introducing
inert gas into the reaction kettle, and gradually heating and preserving heat; after cooling, taking out the crucible, carrying out ball milling on the deposited
zinc telluride crystal block, putting into a mold, shaping, and then putting into a
hot pressing furnace together with the mold; vacuumizing and preheating, introducing
inert gas, raising the temperature, and applying pressure to the interior of the mold for heat preservation and pressure maintaining; and cooling, and vacuumizing in the cooling process to obtain
zinc telluride. The high-purity
zinc telluride is prepared by adopting the zinc particles and the
tellurium particles which are low in cost and high in purity as raw materials, the cost is low, time is short, the yield is high, the high-purity
zinc telluride is a polycrystal single-phase compound block which is combined together in a
crystal form, the density is close to theoretical density, the purity is high, the resistance value is uniform, and the best
semiconductor effect can be achieved in a
semiconductor film layer for
photovoltaic power generation.