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 …

Kesterite solar cells: insights into current strategies and challenges

M He, C Yan, J Li, MP Suryawanshi, J Kim… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Earth‐abundant and environmentally benign kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) is a
promising alternative to its cousin chalcopyrite Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGS) for photovoltaic …

Ge bidirectional diffusion to simultaneously engineer back interface and bulk defects in the absorber for efficient CZTSSe solar cells

J Wang, J Zhou, X Xu, F Meng, C Xiang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aiming at a large open‐circuit voltage (VOC) deficit in Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar
cells, a new and effective strategy to simultaneously regulate the back interface and restrain …

Band-gap-graded Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 drives highly efficient solar cells

H Guo, R Meng, G Wang, S Wang, L Wu, J Li… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Fabrication of highly efficient solar cells is critical for photovoltaic applications. A bandgap-
graded absorber layer can not only drive efficient carrier collection but also improve the light …

Regulating crystal growth via organic lithium salt additive for efficient Kesterite solar cells

J Zhou, X Xu, B Duan, H Wu, J Shi, Y Luo, D Li, Q Meng - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Alkali metal doping, typically Li+ doping, is beneficial for CZTSSe solar cells. Herein, aiming
at the low solubility of conventional LiF which is hard to directly introduce into the precursor …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Systematic Efficiency Improvement for Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Solar Cells By Double Cation Incorporation with Cd and Ge

M He, J Huang, J Li, JS Jang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The performance of kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cell is known to be severely
limited by the nonradiative recombination near the heterojunction interface and within the …

An efficient Li+-doping strategy to optimize the band alignment of a Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4/CdS interface by a Se&LiF co-selenization process

H Guo, G Wang, R Meng, Y Sun, S Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A Li+-doping strategy is a promising route for achieving highly efficient Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4
(CZTSSe) photovoltaic devices with a large grain absorber layer, high p-type carrier …

Highly efficient solution-processed CZTSSe solar cells based on a convenient sodium-incorporated post-treatment method

B Duan, L Guo, Q Yu, J Shi, H Wu, Y Luo, D Li… - Journal of Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
In CZTSSe solar cells, a simple sodium-incorporation post-treatment method toward solution-
processed Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 precursor films is presented in this work. An ultrathin NaCl film is …