The current status and future prospects of kesterite solar cells: a brief review

X Liu, Y Feng, H Cui, F Liu, X Hao… - Progress in …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Kesterite‐based solar cells are attracting considerable attention in recent years, owing to the
reduced toxicity and greater abundance of their constituent elements. In this brief review, we …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances and challenges in solar photovoltaic and energy storage materials: future directions in Indian perspective

P Kartikay, K Mokurala, B Sharma, R Kali… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The exponential increase in demand for global energy intake in day-to-day life directs us to
look for a green and cost-effective energy generation and storage alternative. India being a …

Molybdenum thin films with low resistivity and superior adhesion deposited by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering at elevated temperature

X Dai, A Zhou, L Feng, Y Wang, J Xu, J Li - Thin Solid Films, 2014 - Elsevier
Molybdenum (Mo) thin films are widely used as back contact layers for thin film solar cells. In
this work, Mo layers were deposited by radio-frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering at …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling interfaces in thin-film photovoltaic devices

MDK Jones, JA Dawson, S Campbell, V Barrioz… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Developing effective device architectures for energy technologies—such as solar cells,
rechargeable batteries or fuel cells—does not only depend on the performance of a single …

Enhanced thermal stability of Mo film with low infrared emissivity by a TiN barrier layer

B Sun, L Wang, Y Sun, J Gao, H Cao, J Ren, J Cui… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
The infrared reflective layer is one of the most important components of solar selective
absorbing coatings (SSACs). The low infrared emissivity of the infrared reflective layer is …

Impact of the thickness on the optical and electronic and structural properties of sputtered Cu2S thin films

JR Velasquez-Ordoñez, J Rivera-Taco… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
ABSTRACT A successful hexagonal Cu2S p-type semiconductor thin film using DC
magnetron sputtering is reported. Films with thickness gradients were deposited by taking …

Sputtered molybdenum films: Structure and property evolution with film thickness

AM Hofer, J Schlacher, J Keckes, J Winkler, C Mitterer - Vacuum, 2014 - Elsevier
Molybdenum thin films are widely used as eg diffusion barriers in very large-scale integrated
circuits and thin film transistor displays. For better understanding of the evolution of structure …

Electrochemical characterization of nanoporous SnO2 formed by anodization on cold spray tin coating for supercapacitor application

M Zarei, S Nourouzi, R Jamaati… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present study, tin oxide film with regular nano-channels was formed on the surface of
cold sprayed tin coating by the anodizing process. The microstructure of the samples was …

Electrodeposited CuSbSe2 thin films based solar cells on various substrates

K Abouabassi, A Sala, L Atourki, A Soussi… - Journal of nanoparticle …, 2022 - Springer
CuSbSe2 is a promising absorber nano-material for thin-film solar cells, for its attractive
photovoltaic properties, low cost, and environmentally friendly constituent elements. In this …

Effect of the deposition process and substrate temperature on the microstructure defects and electrical conductivity of molybdenum thin films

D Rafaja, H Köstenbauer, U Mühle, C Löffler… - Thin Solid Films, 2013 - Elsevier
The effect of point defects, dislocations and grain boundaries on the electron scattering in
molybdenum thin films having a constant thickness of 500nm was described quantitatively in …