Progress and prospects of CZTSSe/CdS interface engineering to combat high open-circuit voltage deficit of kesterite photovoltaics: a critical review

K Kaur, M Kumar - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
CZTSSe solar cells are considered to be potential and cost-effective alternative solutions to
mature photovoltaic technology for meeting future energy demands. However, the current …

[HTML][HTML] Solution-based synthesis of kesterite thin film semiconductors

T Todorov, HW Hillhouse, S Aazou… - Journal of Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Large-scale deployment of photovoltaic modules is required to power our renewable energy
future. Kesterite, Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4, is a p-type semiconductor absorber layer with a …

A band-gap-graded CZTSSe solar cell with 12.3% efficiency

KJ Yang, DH Son, SJ Sung, JH Sim, YI Kim… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Although Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) has attracted attention as an alternative to
CuInGaSe2 (CIGS) as an absorber material in solar cells, its low efficiency is a serious …

The state of the art of Sb2 (S, Se) 3 thin film solar cells: current progress and future prospect

MM Nicolás-Marín, JR González-Castillo… - Journal of Physics D …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work, a review focused on the recent development of antimony sulfide selenide (Sb 2
(S, Se) 3) solar cells is presented. In particular, experimental and theoretical results are …

Comparison of theoretical and experimental results for band-gap-graded CZTSSe solar cell

M Minbashi, MK Omrani, N Memarian, DH Kim - Current Applied Physics, 2017 - Elsevier
The simulation of CZTSSe solar cells is presented in this paper. The simulation results are in
reasonable agreement with the experimental data, indicating the reliability of simulation …

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 …

Performance investigation of Sb2S3 and Sb2Se3 earth abundant based thin film solar cells

A Khadir - Optical Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, antimony sulfide (Sb 2 S 3) and antimony selenide (Sb 2 Se 3) materials have
received a particular research attention as absorbers in hetero-junction thin film solar cells …

Impact of stacking order and annealing temperature on properties of CZTS thin films and solar cell performance

MA Olgar, AO Sarp, A Seyhan, R Zan - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract In this study, Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) thin films were synthesized by a two-stage
process. In the first stage, CuSn/Zn/Cu (E-type) and CuSn/ZnS/Cu (B-type) stacked films …

Improving carrier-transport properties of CZTS by Mg incorporation with spray pyrolysis

S Lie, SW Leow, DM Bishop, M Guc… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
High nonradiative recombination, low diffusion length and band tailing are often associated
with a large open circuit voltage deficit, which results in low efficiency of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) …

Study on Phase Formation Mechanism of Non- and Near-Stoichiometric Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Film Prepared by Selenization of Cu–Sn–Zn–S Precursors

X Yin, C Tang, L Sun, Z Shen, H Gong - Chemistry of Materials, 2014 - ACS Publications
The appearance of impurity phases in a Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) layer is a big problem and
challenge for high-performance CZTS photovoltaic devices. In spite of some experimental …