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, 2023 - 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 …

A comprehensive review on Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin film for solar cell: forecast issues and future anticipation

M Baid, A Hashmi, B Jain, AK Singh… - Optical and Quantum …, 2021 - Springer
Past few decades, light absorbing materials based on CuInGaSe 2 and CdTe have been
used for fabrication of thin film solar cells. But main issues arising from these absorbers are …

Fabrication of nanostructured ZnO thin films based NO2 gas sensor via SILAR technique

VL Patil, SA Vanalakar, PS Patil, JH Kim - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2017 - Elsevier
Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films have been widely used as an effective gas sensor element. In the
present study, nanostructured thin films of ZnO were prepared by using the simplistic and …

[HTML][HTML] Electrical and optical properties of CZTS thin films prepared by SILAR method

J Henry, K Mohanraj, G Sivakumar - Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies, 2016 - Elsevier
In the present work, Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) thin film was deposited onto the glass substrate
by simple and economic SILAR method and its structural, morphological, optical and …

Photoelectrochemical Determination of Cu2+ Using a WO3/CdS Heterojunction Photoanode

J Wang, Y Pan, L Jiang, M Liu, F Liu… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Copper ions are not only physiologically essential for life but also hazardous materials
causing a series of neurodegenerative diseases. Photoelectrochemical (PEC) detection has …

A two step technique to remove the secondary phases in CZTS thin films grown by sol-gel method

A Ashfaq, J Jacob, N Bano, MAU Nabi, A Ali… - Ceramics …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, we have used a two step method to eliminate the secondary phases in the
CZTS thin films grown by sol-gel technique. In the first step, CZTS thin films were grown on …

High performance visible-light responsive Chl-Cu/ZnO catalysts for photodegradation of rhodamine B

C Worathitanon, K Jangyubol, P Ruengrung… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
The photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) over chlorophyll-Cu co-modified ZnO
catalysts (Chl-Cu/ZnO) was studied under visible-light irradiation. It was found that …

Colloidal Wurtzite Cu2SnS3 (CTS) Nanocrystals and Their Applications in Solar Cells

UV Ghorpade, MP Suryawanshi, SW Shin… - Chemistry of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
In the development of low-cost, efficient, and environmentally friendly thin-film solar cells
(TFSCs), the search continues for a suitable inorganic colloidal nanocrystal (NC) ink that can …

Enhancing the open-circuit voltage and efficiency of CZTS thin-film solar cells via band-offset engineering

S Enayati Maklavani, S Mohammadnejad - Optical and Quantum …, 2020 - Springer
Limits on the conversion efficiency and open-circuit voltage lead to low kesterite thin-film
solar cell performance. The conduction band offset (CBO) between the absorber and buffer …

Modulation of structural, optical and thermoelectric properties of sol-gel grown CZTS thin films by controlling the concentration of zinc

A Ali, J Jacob, A Ashfaq, M Tamseel, K Mahmood… - Ceramics …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this manuscript, we have demonstrated the effect of Zinc concentration on the structural,
optical and thermoelectric properties of CZTS thin films (TFs) grown by sol-gel technique …