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 …

A review of Sb2Se3 photovoltaic absorber materials and thin-film solar cells

A Mavlonov, T Razykov, F Raziq, J Gan, J Chantana… - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Energy generated from environmentally friendly, cost-effective solar cells is a key aspect for
developing a clean renewable-energy economy. Non-toxic and Earth-abundant materials …

Cd-Free Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)2 Thin-Film Solar Cell With Record Efficiency of 23.35%

M Nakamura, K Yamaguchi, Y Kimoto… - IEEE journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, the excellent properties of state-of-the-art Cd-free Cu (In, Ga)(Se, S) 2
(CIGSSe) solar cells with Zn (O, S, OH) x/Zn 0.8 Mg 0.2 O double buffer layers, deposited by …

Atomic layer deposition enabling higher efficiency solar cells: A review

MA Hossain, KT Khoo, X Cui, GK Poduval… - Nano Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) can synthesise materials with atomic-scale precision. The
ability to tune the material composition, film thickness with excellent conformality, allow low …

Physical and chemical aspects at the interface and in the bulk of CuInSe 2-based thin-film photovoltaics

S Ishizuka, J Nishinaga, K Beppu, T Maeda… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Chalcopyrite CuInSe2 (CISe)-based thin-film photovoltaic solar cells have been attracting
attention since the 1970s. The technologies of CISe-based thin-film growth and device …

[HTML][HTML] Merging solution processing and printing for sustainable fabrication of Cu (In, Ga) Se2 photovoltaics

BF Gonçalves, S Sadewasser, LM Salonen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The targeted global decarbonization demands the urgent replacement of conventional fossil
fuel with low carbon technologies. For instance, solar energy is abundant, inexhaustible …

Rapid thermal annealing on ZnMgO window layer for improved performance of CdTe solar cells

S Ren, H Wang, Y Li, H Li, R He, L Wu, W Li… - Solar energy materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Poor qualities of ZnMgO thin films are likely to be obtained at higher Mg content, which can
decrease the performance of ZnMgO-based devices. This study focuses on improving the …

Superstrate-type flexible and bifacial Cu (In, Ga) Se2 thin-film solar cells with In2O3: SnO2 back contact

A Mavlonov, J Chantana, T Nishimura, Y Kawano… - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Bifacial and flexible Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGS) thin-film solar cells with superstrate-
type structure were fabricated. For this fabrication, the substrate-type solar cells were first …

Back-contact barrier analysis to develop flexible and bifacial Cu (In, Ga) Se2 solar cells using transparent conductive In2O3: SnO2 thin films

A Mavlonov, T Nishimura, J Chantana, Y Kawano… - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The presence of a back-contact (BC) barrier disturbs the current density-voltage (JV)
characteristics of solar cells by limiting the majority carrier transport, which is commonly …

[HTML][HTML] Role of band alignment at the transparent front contact/emitter interface in the performance of wide bandgap thin film solar cells

GK Liyanage, AB Phillips, MJ Heben - APL Materials, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Recent numerical modeling and experimental work have shown that appropriate conduction
band alignment at the emitter/absorber interface is critically important for high efficiency …