The path towards a high-performance solution-processed kesterite solar cell

DB Mitzi, O Gunawan, TK Todorov, K Wang… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2011 - Elsevier
Despite the promise of thin-film Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGSSe) chalcopyrite and CdTe
photovoltaic technologies with respect to reducing cost per watt of solar energy conversion …

Kësterite thin films for photovoltaics: a review

S Delbos - EPJ Photovoltaics, 2012 - epjpv.epj.org
In the years to come, electricity production is bound to increase, and Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4
(CZTS) compounds, due to their suitability to thin-film solar cells, could be a means to fulfill …

Point defects, compositional fluctuations, and secondary phases in non-stoichiometric kesterites

S Schorr, G Gurieva, M Guc… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The efficiency of kesterite-based solar cells is limited by various non-ideal recombination
paths, amongst others by a high density of defect states and by the presence of binary or …

Advances in nanostructured thin film materials for solar cell applications

N Ali, A Hussain, R Ahmed, MK Wang, C Zhao… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper reviews recent advances in photovoltaic devices based on nanostructured
materials and film designs, focusing on cadmium telluride (CdTe), copper zinc tin sulfide …

A non-toxic, solution-processed, earth abundant absorbing layer for thin-film solar cells

K Woo, Y Kim, J Moon - Energy & Environmental Science, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Copper zinc tin sulfide (Cu2ZnSnS4, CZTS) has attracted significant attention in the past few
years as a next generation absorber material for the production of thin film solar cells on …

Prospects and performance limitations for Cu–Zn–Sn–S–Se photovoltaic technology

DB Mitzi, O Gunawan, TK Todorov… - … Transactions of the …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
While cadmium telluride and copper–indium–gallium–sulfide–selenide (CIGSSe) solar cells
have either already surpassed (for CdTe) or reached (for CIGSSe) the 1 GW yr− 1 …

Structure, composition and optical properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition method

L Sun, J He, H Kong, F Yue, P Yang, J Chu - Solar Energy Materials and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Polycrystalline Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin films have been directly deposited on heating Mo-
coated glass substrates by Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) method. The results of energy …

Non-vacuum processed next generation thin film photovoltaics: towards marketable efficiency and production of CZTS based solar cells

S Abermann - Solar Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Next generation thin film photovoltaics actually face several great challenges: they have to
compete with wafer-based silicon based modules in terms of efficiency, costs and production …

Nontoxic and earth-abundant Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin film solar cells: A review on high throughput processed methods

S Chander, SK Tripathi, I Kaur, AK De - Materials Today Sustainability, 2024 - Elsevier
Photovoltaics is one of the most well-known sustainable technologies to supply all of the
world's energy needs due to its enduring nature and lack of pollution. CdTe, CIGS, and a-Si …

Band Gap Engineering of Alloyed Cu2ZnGexSn1–xQ4 (Q = S,Se) Films for Solar Cell

DB Khadka, JH Kim - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2015 - ACS Publications
We fabricated polycrystalline Cu2ZnGe x Sn1–x Q4 (Q= S or Se) thin films by using spray-
based deposition. The effects of Ge alloying were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman …