TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The film includes a group IB-IIIA-VIA compound. At least one set of the particles in the dispersion is in the form of nanoglobules comprising of a group IIIA element in elemental form. The inter-metallic material is a binary or ternary material. The inter-metallic material comprises CuIn2, a composition in delta phase of CuIn2, a composition in between delta phase of CuIn2 and a phase defined by Cu16In9, CuGa2, Cu68Ga38, Cu70Ga30, Cu75Ga25, a composition of Cu-Ga of a phase in between the terminal solid-solution and an intermediate solid-solution next to it, a composition of Cu-Ga in gamma1 phase (about 31.8-39.8 wt.% Ga), a composition of Cu-Ga in gamma2 phase (about 36.0-39.9 wt.% Ga), a composition of Cu-Ga in gamma3 (about 39.7-44.9 wt.% Ga), a composition of Cu-Ga in a theta phase (about 66.7-68.7 wt.% Ga), a composition of Cu-Ga in a phase between gamma2 and gamma3, a composition of Cu-Ga in a phase between the terminal solid solution and gamma1, or Cu-rich Cu-Ga. Gallium is incorporated as a group IIIA element in the form of a suspension of nanoglobules. The particles are doped with inorganic materials chosen from aluminum (Al), sulfur (S), sodium (Na), potassium (K), or lithium (Li). The particles are chalcogen-rich particles, selenium-rich particles, sulfur-rich particles, tellurium-rich particles, selenium-rich particles and/or sulfur-rich particles and/or tellurium-rich particles. The particles are IBxVIAy and/or IIIAaVIAb particles. The resulting group IB-IIIA-chalcogenide film has a ratio by number of moles of Group IB to Group IIIA elements of greater than 0.80 and less than 1.0. The particles do not containing oxygen above 5.0 wt.%. The group IIIA elements include indium and/or gallium and/or aluminum. The chalcogen is selenium, sulfur or tellurium. The group IB-chalcogenide comprises CGS and the group IIIA-chalcogenide comprises CIS.x=less than y;a=less than b.The group IB-IIIA-chalcogenide compound is CuzIn(1-x)GaxS2(1-y)Se2y.z=0.5-1.5;x, y=0-1.0.. Preferred Method: The nanoglobules of gallium are formed by creating an emulsion of liquid gallium in a solution. The method further comprises adding a mixture of one or more elemental particles selected from aluminum, tellurium, or sulfur. The suitable atmosphere contains selenium, sulfur, tellurium, H2, CO, H2Se, H2S, Ar, and/or N2. The particles are formed from a feedstock having an inter-metallic phase. The nanoparticles are formed by milling, electroexplosive wire (EEW) processing, evaporation condensation (EC), and/or pulsed plasma processing. The chalcogen atmosphere is comprised of at least sulfur.