Progress and perspectives of thin film kesterite photovoltaic technology: a critical review

S Giraldo, Z Jehl, M Placidi… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The latest progress and future perspectives of thin film photovoltaic kesterite technology are
reviewed herein. Kesterite is currently the most promising emerging fully inorganic thin film …

Compound copper chalcogenide nanocrystals

C Coughlan, M Ibanez, O Dobrozhan, A Singh… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This review captures the synthesis, assembly, properties, and applications of copper
chalcogenide NCs, which have achieved significant research interest in the last decade due …

Is the Cu/Zn disorder the main culprit for the voltage deficit in kesterite solar cells?

S Bourdais, C Choné, B Delatouche… - Advanced Energy …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Photovoltaic thin film solar cells based on kesterite Cu2ZnSn (Sx, Se1–x) 4 compounds
(CZTSSe) have reached> 12% sunlight‐to‐electricity conversion efficiency. This is still far …

Cu2ZnSnS4-Pt and Cu2ZnSnS4-Au Heterostructured Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Water Splitting and Pollutant Degradation

X Yu, A Shavel, X An, Z Luo, M Ibáñez… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Cu2ZnSnS4, based on abundant and environmental friendly elements and with a direct
band gap of 1.5 eV, is a main candidate material for solar energy conversion through both …

Towards low-cost, environmentally friendly printed chalcopyrite and kesterite solar cells

H Azimi, Y Hou, CJ Brabec - Energy & Environmental Science, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Solution-processed organic and inorganic semiconductors offer a promising path towards
low-cost mass production of solar cells. Among the various material systems, solution …

Solution-Processed Inorganic Thermoelectric Materials: Opportunities and Challenges∇

C Fiedler, T Kleinhanns, M Garcia, S Lee… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Thermoelectric technology requires synthesizing complex materials where not only the
crystal structure but also other structural features such as defects, grain size and orientation …

Potential role of kesterites in development of earth‐abundant elements‐based next generation technology

KS Gour, V Karade, P Babar, J Park, DM Lee… - Solar …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe)‐based kesterite thin films have received growing
attention in a wide variety of fields due to their suitable physico‐chemical asset nano‐and …

Band Gap Engineering of Alloyed Cu2ZnGexSn1–xQ4 (Q = S,Se) Films for Solar Cell

DB Khadka, JH Kim - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2015 - ACS Publications
We fabricated polycrystalline Cu2ZnGe x Sn1–x Q4 (Q= S or Se) thin films by using spray-
based deposition. The effects of Ge alloying were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman …

CZTS‐based materials and interfaces and their effects on the performance of thin film solar cells

TJ Huang, X Yin, G Qi, H Gong - physica status solidi (RRL) …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) and its related materials such as Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe) and Cu2ZnSn
(S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) have attracted considerable attention as an absorber material for thin …

Defect suppression in multinary chalcogenide photovoltaic materials derived from kesterite: progress and outlook

Q Tian, SF Liu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The performance of many emerging multinary chalcogenides for photovoltaic (PV)
applications has been considerably inferior to the Shockley–Queisser limit, and one of the …