Development of Cu2SnS3 (CTS) thin film solar cells by physical techniques: A status review

AC Lokhande, RBV Chalapathy, M He, E Jo… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
Developments in thin film solar cell technology have attracted major attention in the recent
years due to its capacity to reliably satisfy the required energy needs. Various solar absorber …

Review on Cu2SnS3, Cu3SnS4, and Cu4SnS4 thin films and their photovoltaic performance

VRM Reddy, MR Pallavolu, PR Guddeti, S Gedi… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The rapid progress on the Cu–Sn–S (Cu 2 SnS 3, Cu 3 SnS 4, and Cu 4 SnS 4) solar cells
has opened a new avenue to generate the electrical energy at ultra-low-cost. Therefore, the …

Deposition and characterization of Cu2SnS3 thin films by co-evaporation for photovoltaic application

TS Reddy, R Amiruddin, MCS Kumar - Solar Energy Materials and Solar …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 SnS 3 (CTS) is a p-type direct band gap ternary compound semiconductor. Its
constituent elements are non-toxic, abundant in earth crust and low cost. We report the …

Investigation on photovoltaic performance of Cu2SnS3 thin film solar cells fabricated by RF-sputtered In2S3 buffer layer

N Akcay, VF Gremenok, Y Ozen, KP Buskis… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
A two-step process was used to prepare Cu 2 SnS 3 films in this study: first, precursor stacks
were deposited using a magnetron sputtering technique, and then the stacks were annealed …

Recent developments and prospects of copper tin sulphide (Cu2SnS3) thin films for photovoltaic applications

J Raval, B Shah, D Kumar, SH Chaki… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ternary copper tin sulphide, Cu 2 SnS 3 (CTS) is prominent material of semiconductor
industry due to p-type semiconducting, sufficient band gap, high mobility, high carrier …

Effect of the stacking order, annealing temperature and atmosphere on crystal phase and optical properties of Cu2SnS3

MY Zaki, F Sava, ID Simandan, AT Buruiana… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Cu2SnS3 (CTS) is emerging as a promising absorber for the next generation thin
film solar cells (TFSC) due to its excellent optical and electronic properties, earth-abundance …

Improvement experimental and numerical simulation of Cu2SnS3-based solar cells

Y Nouri, B Hartiti, A Batan, A Ziti, H Labrim, A Ouannou… - Optical Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
This study presents the experimental and a solar performance of Cu 2 SnS 3 copper-tin
sulphide films (CTS). The CTS films were synthesised by a spray pyrolysis method as show …

Influence of deposition temperature on the structural, morphological, optical and photoelectrochemical properties of CBD deposited Cu2SnS3 thin films

HD Shelke, AC Lokhande, JH Kim… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cu 2 SnS 3 (CTS) thin films are deposited onto conducting stainless steel (SS)
substrates using a low-cost chemical bath deposition method. The influence of deposition …

A Simple Aqueous Precursor Solution Processing of Earth-Abundant Cu2SnS3 Absorbers for Thin-Film Solar Cells

MP Suryawanshi, UV Ghorpade, SW Shin… - … applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A simple and eco-friendly method of solution processing of Cu2SnS3 (CTS) absorbers using
an aqueous precursor solution is presented. The precursor solution was prepared by mixing …

Phase composition of the earth-abundant Cu2SnS3 thin films with different annealing temperature and its effects on the performance of the related solar cells

G Yang, X Li, X Ji, X Xu, A Wang, J Huang, Y Zhu… - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Earth-abundant ternary Cu 2 SnS 3 (CTS) thin films have attracted lots of attention
as promising solar cell materials. However, the performances of the related devices were …