[HTML][HTML] Highly Aligned Graphene Aerogels for Multifunctional Composites

Y Wu, C An, Y Guo, Y Zong, N Jiang, Q Zheng, ZZ Yu - Nano-Micro Letters, 2024 - Springer
Stemming from the unique in-plane honeycomb lattice structure and the sp 2 hybridized
carbon atoms bonded by exceptionally strong carbon–carbon bonds, graphene exhibits …

[HTML][HTML] Point defects, compositional fluctuations, and secondary phases in non-stoichiometric kesterites

S Schorr, G Gurieva, M Guc… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The efficiency of kesterite-based solar cells is limited by various non-ideal recombination
paths, amongst others by a high density of defect states and by the presence of binary or …

Towards low cost and sustainable thin film thermoelectric devices based on quaternary chalcogenides

E Isotta, J Andrade‐Arvizu, U Syafiq… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A major challenge in thermoelectrics (TEs) is developing devices made of sustainable,
abundant, and non‐toxic materials. Furthermore, the technological drive toward low sizes …

Dependence of CZTS thin film properties and photovoltaic performance on heating rate and sulfurization time

MA Olgar, S Erkan, R Zan - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, effect of heating rate and sulfurization time on the properties of CZTS thin films
and their photovoltaic performances was investigated. CZTS layers were prepared by a two …

Structural Polymorphism in “Kesterite” Cu2ZnSnS4: Raman Spectroscopy and First-Principles Calculations Analysis

M Dimitrievska, F Boero, AP Litvinchuk… - Inorganic …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This work presents a comprehensive analysis of the structural and vibrational properties of
the kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS, I 4̅ space group) as well as its polymorphs with the space …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of molybdenum out diffusion and interface quality on the performance of sputter grown CZTS based solar cells

GK Dalapati, S Zhuk, S Masudy-Panah, A Kushwaha… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
We have investigated the impact of Cu2ZnSnS4-Molybdenum (Mo) interface quality on the
performance of sputter-grown Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) solar cell. Thin film CZTS was deposited …

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) …

Cation disorder and phase transitions in the structurally complex solar cell material Cu 2 ZnSnS 4

CJ Bosson, MT Birch, DP Halliday, KS Knight… - Journal of materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) is a technologically important and complex quaternary semiconductor
and a highly promising material for the absorber layer in sustainable thin film solar cells. Its …

Anisotropic photoresponse investigation of chemical vapor transport (CVT) grown quaternary Cu2ZnSnS4 single crystals

AB Hirpara, SH Chaki, AJ Khimani… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
The single crystals of quaternary transition metal chalcogenide Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) are
grown by a closed system chemical vapor transport technique. The high purity individual …

In-situ tuning of the zinc content of pulsed-laser-deposited CZTS films and its effect on the photoconversion efficiency of p-CZTS/n-Si heterojunction photovoltaic …

ZO Elhmaidi, R Pandiyan, M Abd-Lefdil… - Applied Surface …, 2020 - Elsevier
We report on the concomitant laser ablation of a Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 target with zinc strips affixed
to its surface in order to control at will the Zn content of the CZTS films, and study its effect on …