A critical review on the progress of kesterite solar cells: Current strategies and insights

A Wang, M He, MA Green, K Sun… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) with earth‐abundant and environmental‐
benign constituents has been regarded as a promising solar energy harvesting material for …

Emerging chalcogenide thin films for solar energy harvesting devices

S Hadke, M Huang, C Chen, YF Tay, S Chen… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chalcogenide semiconductors offer excellent optoelectronic properties for their use in solar
cells, exemplified by the commercialization of Cu (In, Ga) Se2-and CdTe-based photovoltaic …

Cation substitution in earth‐abundant kesterite photovoltaic materials

J Li, D Wang, X Li, Y Zeng, Y Zhang - Advanced Science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
As a promising candidate for low‐cost and environmentally friendly thin‐film photovoltaics,
the emerging kesterite‐based Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells have experienced …

Tunable semiconductors: control over carrier states and excitations in layered hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites

C Liu, W Huhn, KZ Du, A Vazquez-Mayagoitia… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
For a class of 2D hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite semiconductors based on π-
conjugated organic cations, we predict quantitatively how varying the organic and inorganic …

Defect suppression for high-efficiency kesterite CZTSSe solar cells: advances and prospects

H Wei, Y Li, C Cui, X Wang, Z Shao, S Pang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Comprising of earth-abundant, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly elements, kesterite
Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells are demonstrated to have enormous potential to …

Inherent laws between tetrahedral arrangement pattern and optical performance in tetrahedron-based mid-infrared nonlinear optical materials

W Wang, D Mei, F Liang, J Zhao, Y Wu, Z Lin - Coordination Chemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mid-infrared (MIR) nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals are commonly used as the core devices
for all-solid-state MIR lasers which play a key role in many military and civilian areas. The …

Doping and alloying of kesterites

YE Romanyuk, SG Haass, S Giraldo… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Attempts to improve the efficiency of kesterite solar cells by changing the intrinsic
stoichiometry have not helped to boost the device efficiency beyond the current record of …

Rigid conjugated diamine templates for stable Dion–Jacobson-type two-dimensional perovskites

R Zhao, RP Sabatini, T Zhu, S Wang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites (HOIPs) have garnered widespread interest, yet
stability remains a critical issue that limits their further application. Compared to their three …

Spin–orbit interactions greatly accelerate nonradiative dynamics in lead halide perovskites

W Li, L Zhou, OV Prezhdo, AV Akimov - ACS Energy Letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
In this work, we study the role of spin–orbit coupling (SOC) in nonradiative relaxation of hot
electrons and holes in methylammonium lead perovskite, MAPbI3. For this purpose, we …

CZTSSe solar cells: insights into interface engineering

Y Li, H Wei, C Cui, X Wang, Z Shao, S Pang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) photovoltaic (PV) technology has attracted much attention due
to its cost efficiency, non-toxic nature, and use of earth-abundant elements. However, the …