Status of materials and device modelling for kesterite solar cells

SN Hood, A Walsh, C Persson… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Kesterite semiconductors, derived from the mineral Cu 2 (Zn, Fe) SnS 4, adopt
superstructures of the zincblende archetype. This family of semiconductors is chemically …

A novel spectral beam splitting photovoltaic/thermal hybrid system based on semi-transparent solar cell with serrated groove structure for co-generation of electricity …

H Liang, R Su, W Huang, Z Cheng, F Wang… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Semi-transparent solar cells can be used for spectral beam splitting (SBS) in which short-
wavelength photons are converted to electricity and long-wavelength photons are …

Simulation of CZTSSe thin-film solar cells in COMSOL: Three-dimensional optical, electrical, and thermal models

S Zandi, P Saxena, M Razaghi… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Cu 2 ZnSnS x Se 4-x (CZTSSe) thin-film solar cells have attracted the attention of
researchers due to its earth-abundant composition containing Copper, Zinc, Tin and Sulfur …

Effect of In (O, S) buffer layer on the band alignment and the performance of CZT (S, Se) thin film solar cells

R Charghandeh, A Abbasi - Materials Today Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to assess how the presence of an indium oxysulfide buffer layer
affects the efficiency of copper zinc tin (sulfur, selenium) photovoltaic cells. The effectiveness …

Strain‐Driven Thermal and Optical Instability in Silver/Amorphous‐Silicon Hyperbolic Metamaterials

JL Ocana‐Pujol, L Forster, R Spolenak… - Advanced Optical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hyperbolic metamaterials show exceptional optical properties, such as near‐perfect
broadband absorption, due to their geometrically‐engineered optical anisotropy. Many of …

Effects of cation composition on carrier dynamics and photovoltaic performance in Cu2ZnSnSe4 monocrystal solar cells

S Li, MA Lloyd, BE McCandless, JB Baxter - Solar Energy Materials and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding the relationship of doping density, carrier lifetime, and interface
recombination to device performance is critical to designing solar cells with high power …

Improving the efficiency of CZTSSe thin-film solar cells using an optimized Al2O3 rear surface passivation layer

R Charghandeh, A Abbasi - Journal of Materials Science: Materials in …, 2023 - Springer
In this work, the effect of the Al2O3 rear passivation layer on the efficiency of Cu2ZnSn (S,
Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells is surveyed. The first step in achieving this is to compare a non …

Analysis of surface plasmon resonance modes in a metal-dielectric multilayer structure with an adhesive layer using finite difference frequency domain (FDFD) method

TP Negara, H Hardhienata, NS Aminah… - Optical and Quantum …, 2023 - Springer
The optical response of a metal-dielectric multilayer structure consisting of a hybrid Au/Ag
grating and an adhesive layer sandwiched between two dielectric layers has been analyzed …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the efficiency of kesterite solar cells using semi-ellipsoidal nanostructures

S Youssef, NM Ali, NH Rafat - Next Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
The use of kesterite materials in photovoltaic solar cells holds great promise due to their
abundance, non-toxic nature, cost-effectiveness, and excellent optoelectronic properties …

[HTML][HTML] Optical losses of frontal layers in superstrate cds/cdte solar cells using opal2

N Amin, MR Karim, ZA ALOthman - Coatings, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this paper, optical losses in CdS/CdTe solar cells are calculated on the basis of the
designated reflective index of various frontal layers using an OPAL2 calculator for the first …