Multi-component ZnO alloys: Bandgap engineering, hetero-structures, and optoelectronic devices

T Zhang, M Li, J Chen, Y Wang, L Miao, Y Lu… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The desire for developing ultraviolet optoelectronic devices has prompted extensive studies
toward wide-bandgap semiconductor ZnO and its related alloys. Bandgap engineering as …

9.7%-efficient Sb 2 (S, Se) 3 solar cells with a dithieno [3, 2-b: 2′, 3′-d] pyrrole-cored hole transporting material

C Jiang, J Zhou, R Tang, W Lian, X Wang… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Antimony selenosulfide, Sb2 (S, Se) 3, is a promising next-generation solar cell material with
superior photovoltaic properties and high stability. However, the efficiency of Sb2 (S, Se) 3 …

Toward High Efficient Cu2ZnSn(Sx,Se1−x)4 Solar Cells: Break the Limitations of VOC and FF

Z Wang, R Meng, H Guo, Y Sun, Y Liu, H Zhang, Z Cao… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing the fill factor (FF) and the open‐circuit voltage (VOC) simultaneously together
with non‐decreased short‐circuit current density (JSC) are a challenge for highly efficient …

Manipulating Ga growth profile enables all-flexible high-performance single-junction CIGS and 4 T perovskite/CIGS tandem solar cells

J Luo, L Tang, S Wang, H Yan, W Wang, Z Chi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
A tandem solar device is the most promising approach for overcoming the single-junction
Shockley-Queisser limit, as it can also be manufactured on flexible substrates and is cost …

Zinc-based electron transport materials for over 9.6%-efficient S-rich Sb 2 (S, Se) 3 solar cells

Y Zhao, C Li, J Niu, Z Zhi, G Chen, J Gong… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the toxicity of cadmium, CdS has been used as an electron transport layer (ETL) in
highly efficient Sb2 (S, Se) 3 solar cells for a long time. In this work, a bilayer structure ETL …

Effectiveness of band discontinuities between CIGS absorber and copper-based hole transport layer in limiting recombination at the back contact

I Gharibshahian, AA Orouji, S Sharbati - Materials Today Communications, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, different copper-based thin-film materials as a hole transport layer (HTL) are
introduced in Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGS) solar cells to limit the recombination rate at the back …

Zn(O,S) Buffer Layer for in Situ Hydrothermal Sb2S3 Planar Solar Cells

W Lin, WT Guo, L Yao, J Li, L Lin… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydrothermal deposition is emerging as a highly potential route for antimony-based solar
cells, in which the Sb2 (S, Se) 3 is typically in situ grown on a common toxic CdS buffer …

Chemical etching induced surface modification and gentle gradient bandgap for highly efficient Sb2 (S, Se) 3 solar cell

X Wang, X Shi, F Zhang, F Zhou, P Zeng, J Song… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, due to its excellent photovoltaic features, Sb 2 (S, Se) 3 is regarded as a promising
photovoltaic absorber material. However, the interfacial property of Sb 2 (S, Se) 3-based …

Key factors governing the device performance of CIGS solar cells: Insights from machine learning

C Zhu, W Liu, Y Li, X Huo, H Li, K Guo, B Qiao, S Zhao… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu (In 1-x, Ga x) Se 2 (CIGS) solar cells are a kind of highly efficient thin film solar
cells, further breakthrough in their device efficiency relies on the development of advanced …

Simulation analysis of Cd-free Cu (In, Ga) Se2 solar cells with novel BiOX (X= Cl, Br) buffer layers

Y Zhang, S Xu, Z Mu, K Liu, J Chen, C Zhou, Y Yao… - Vacuum, 2022 - Elsevier
Nowadays, cadmium sulfide (CdS) or zinc oxysulfide (Zn (O, S)) are the traditional buffer
layer of Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGS) solar cells. However, these buffer layers contain several …