Review of ZnSnN2 semiconductor material

IS Khan, KN Heinselman… - Journal of physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Zinc tin nitride (ZnSnN 2) is one of the emerging ternary nitride semiconductors considered
for photovoltaic device applications due to its attractive and tunable material properties and …

Performance evaluation of ZnSnN2 solar cells with Si back surface field using SCAPS-1D: A theoretical study

A Laidouci, VN Singh, PK Dakua, DK Panda - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
The earth-abundant semiconductor zinc tin nitride (ZnSnN 2) has garnered significant
attention as a prospective material in photovoltaic and lighting applications, primarily due to …

Point Defects in a Two-Dimensional ZnSnN2 Nanosheet: A First-Principles Study on the Electronic and Magnetic Properties

A Bafekry, M Faraji, MM Fadlallah… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The reduction of dimensionality is a very effective way to achieve appealing properties in
two-dimensional materials (2DMs). First-principles calculations can greatly facilitate the …

Numerical study of solar cells based on ZnSnN2 structure

A Laidouci, A Aissat, JP Vilcot - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Based on several semiconductor research, we have studied one of the new semiconductors,
due to its exciting physical proprieties that in turn solve some problems in the photovoltaic's …

Self-doping behavior and cation disorder in

D Han, SS Rudel, W Schnick, H Ebert - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Investigations on II-Sn-N 2 (II= Mg, Ca) have been started very recently compared to the
intense research of Zn-IV-N 2 (IV= Si, Ge, Sn). In this work, we study the phase stability of …

Nanocrystalline ZnSnN2 Prepared by Reactive Sputtering, Its Schottky Diodes and Heterojunction Solar Cells

F Ye, RT Hong, YB Qiu, YZ Xie, DP Zhang, P Fan… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
ZnSnN2 has potential applications in photocatalysis and photovoltaics. However, the
difficulty in preparing nondegenerate ZnSnN2 hinders its device application. Here, the …

Band Gaps, Band‐Offsets, Disorder, Stability Region, and Point Defects in II‐IV‐N2 Semiconductors

S Lyu, D Skachkov, K Kash, EW Blanton… - … status solidi (a), 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent work on heterovalent ternary nitrides, II‐IV‐N2, is reviewed. The authors first provide
an overview of the relevant literature, then briefly discuss band gaps, band offsets and the …

ZnO/Carbon xerogel photocatalysts by low-pressure plasma treatment, the role of the carbon substrate and its plasma functionalization

E Haye, N Job, Y Wang, S Penninckx… - Journal of colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
ZnO is known to be photocatalytic, but with limited performances due to the strong electron-
hole recombination after irradiation. The integration of ZnO nanomaterials on a conductive …

Sputtering Deposited and Energy Band Matched ZnSnN2 Buffer Layers for Highly Efficient Cd‐Free Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells

F Ye, C He, T Wu, S Chen, Z Su… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) solar cells with CdS buffer layers have the problem of
toxicity and cliff‐like energy band diagram disfavoring higher photoelectric conversion …

Electrical properties of zinc nitride and zinc tin nitride semiconductor thin films toward photovoltaic applications

Y Wang, T Ohsawa, F Alnjiman, JF Pierson… - High Temperature …, 2022 - degruyter.com
Abstract Zn3N2 (ZN) and ZnSnN2 (ZTN) are a promising class of nitride semiconductors for
photovoltaic and light-emitting-diode applications due to their particular electrical and optical …