Progress and prospects of CZTSSe/CdS interface engineering to combat high open-circuit voltage deficit of kesterite photovoltaics: a critical review

K Kaur, M Kumar - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
CZTSSe solar cells are considered to be potential and cost-effective alternative solutions to
mature photovoltaic technology for meeting future energy demands. However, the current …

[HTML][HTML] Low processing temperatures explored in Sb2S3 solar cells by close-spaced sublimation and analysis of bulk and interface related defects

R Krautmann, N Spalatu, R Josepson… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Antimony trisulfide (Sb 2 S 3) is a promising photovoltaic absorber, which has so far
been fabricated mainly by chemical deposition methods. Despite its aptness for congruent …

Low-temperature induced enhancement of photoelectric performance in semiconducting nanomaterials

L Wu, Y Ji, B Ouyang, Z Li, Y Yang - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The development of light-electricity conversion in nanomaterials has drawn intensive
attention to the topic of achieving high efficiency and environmentally adaptive photoelectric …

Enhancement of power conversion efficiency of Ag-substituted Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 solar cells via tuning Cu2+/(Cu++ Cu2+) percentage in precursor solution

J Zhang, B Yao, Z Ding, Y Li, D Ma, M Li, Y Sun… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although trace silver (Ag) substitution for Cu in Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) offers benefits
in improving open-circuit voltage (V OC) of CZTSSe solar cells, its further development is still …

Detailed insight into the CZTS/CdS interface modification by air annealing in monograin layer solar cells

M Kauk-Kuusik, K Timmo, K Muska… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Relatively fast achievements in the kesterite solar cell technology have been made over the
last decade, but the experimental efficiency is still∼ 13%. One proposed reason is an …

Reducing the interfacial defect density of CZTSSe solar cells by Mn substitution

S Lie, JMR Tan, W Li, SW Leow, YF Tay… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Cation disorder which arises from the size and chemical environment similarity of Cu and Zn
is the limiting factor in Cu2ZnSnSxSe4− x (CZTSSe) performance. Cation substitution is one …

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) …

Solution-processed Cu 2 XSnS 4 (X= Fe, Co, Ni) photo-electrochemical and thin film solar cells on vertically grown ZnO nanorod arrays

A Ghosh, DK Chaudhary, A Biswas, R Thangavel… - RSC Advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This article presents the photo-electrochemical and photovoltaic performances of solution
processed Cu2XSnS4 (X= Fe, Co, Ni) thin films on ZnS coated vertically aligned ZnO …

Photo-electrochemical properties and electronic band structure of kesterite copper chalcogenide Cu 2–II–Sn–S 4 (II= Fe, Co, Ni) thin films

A Ghosh, A Biswas, R Thangavel, G Udayabhanu - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, we report a spin coating route for the deposition of multifunctional quaternary copper
chalcogenide Cu2–II–Sn–S4 (II= Fe, Co and Ni) thin films on ITO glass substrates. The …

Revealing the beneficial effects of Ge doping on Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 thin film solar cells

M Neuschitzer, ME Rodriguez, M Guc… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Kesterite (CZTSe) is a promising thin film photovoltaic absorber material due to its
composition of more earth abundant materials compared to mature thin film photovoltaic …