A critical review on the progress of kesterite solar cells: Current strategies and insights

A Wang, M He, MA Green, K Sun… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) with earth‐abundant and environmental‐
benign constituents has been regarded as a promising solar energy harvesting material for …

Emerging chalcogenide thin films for solar energy harvesting devices

S Hadke, M Huang, C Chen, YF Tay, S Chen… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chalcogenide semiconductors offer excellent optoelectronic properties for their use in solar
cells, exemplified by the commercialization of Cu (In, Ga) Se2-and CdTe-based photovoltaic …

Perovskite-inspired materials for photovoltaics and beyond—from design to devices

YT Huang, SR Kavanagh, DO Scanlon, A Walsh… - …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Lead-halide perovskites have demonstrated astonishing increases in power conversion
efficiency in photovoltaics over the last decade. The most efficient perovskite devices now …

Controlling Selenization Equilibrium Enables High-Quality Kesterite Absorbers for Efficient Solar Cells

X Xu, J Zhou, K Yin, J Wang, L Lou, M Jiao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 is considered one of the most competitive photovoltaic
materials due to its earth-abundant and nontoxic constituent elements, environmental …

The role of dimensionality on the optoelectronic properties of oxide and halide perovskites, and their halide derivatives

RLZ Hoye, J Hidalgo, RA Jagt… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Halide perovskite semiconductors have risen to prominence in photovoltaics and light‐
emitting diodes (LEDs), but traditional oxide perovskites, which overcome the stability …

Defect Engineering in Earth‐Abundant Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Photovoltaic Materials via Ga3+‐Doping for over 12% Efficient Solar Cells

Y Du, S Wang, Q Tian, Y Zhao, X Chang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The efficiency of earth‐abundant Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells is considerably
lower than the Shockley–Queisser limit. One of the main reasons for this is the presence of …

Upper limit to the photovoltaic efficiency of imperfect crystals from first principles

S Kim, JA Márquez, T Unold, A Walsh - Energy & Environmental …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The Shockley–Queisser (SQ) limit provides a convenient metric for predicting light-to-
electricity conversion efficiency of a solar cell based on the band gap of the light-absorbing …

Doping and alloying of kesterites

YE Romanyuk, SG Haass, S Giraldo… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Attempts to improve the efficiency of kesterite solar cells by changing the intrinsic
stoichiometry have not helped to boost the device efficiency beyond the current record of …

Origin of the low conversion efficiency in Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 kesterite solar cells: the actual role of cation disorder

W Chen, D Dahliah, GM Rignanese… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The controversial role of cation disorder in the extraordinarily low open-circuit voltage (VOC)
of the Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) kesterite absorber is examined through a statistical treatment of …

High-throughput computational search for high carrier lifetime, defect-tolerant solar absorbers

D Dahliah, G Brunin, J George, VA Ha… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The solar absorber is a key component in a solar cell as it captures photons and converts
them into electron–hole pairs. Its efficiency is driven by the carrier lifetime and the latter is …