Nontoxic and earth-abundant Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin film solar cells: A review on high throughput processed methods

S Chander, SK Tripathi, I Kaur, AK De - Materials Today Sustainability, 2024 - Elsevier
Photovoltaics is one of the most well-known sustainable technologies to supply all of the
world's energy needs due to its enduring nature and lack of pollution. CdTe, CIGS, and a-Si …

Numerical analysis of CZTS/n-Si solar cells using SCAPS-1D. A comparative study between experimental and calculated outputs

A Houimi, SY Gezgin, B Mercimek, HŞ Kılıç - Optical Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract CZTS (Cu 2 ZnSnS 4) is a p-type semiconductor material which has been
intensively used as an absorbing layer for thin film solar cells. Using pulsed laser ablation+ …

Cu2ZnSnS4 photovoltaic cell with improved efficiency fabricated by high‐temperature annealing after CdS buffer‐layer deposition

S Tajima, M Umehara, M Hasegawa… - Progress in …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
To improve the photovoltaic properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) cells, we investigated the
effect of both the thickness of the deposited CdS layers and the post‐annealing temperature …

Boosting the efficiency of pure sulfide CZTS solar cells using the In/Cd-based hybrid buffers

C Yan, F Liu, K Sun, N Song, JA Stride, F Zhou… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
The large open circuit voltage (Voc) deficit (Eg/q-Voc) is the key factor limiting the current
efficiency of pure sulfide Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) thin film solar cells. This present work reports …

Enhanced thermoelectric performance of Sn-doped Cu 3 SbS 4

K Chen, C Di Paola, B Du, R Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Cu3SbS4 is an earth-abundant and low-cost alternative thermoelectric material for medium
temperature applications. Tin doping into Cu3SbS4 yields materials with high thermoelectric …

Boost Voc of pure sulfide kesterite solar cell via a double CZTS layer stacks

C Yan, K Sun, F Liu, J Huang, F Zhou, X Hao - Solar Energy Materials and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Low Voc is the major factor limiting the current efficiency of pure sulfide Cu 2 ZnSnS 4
(CZTS) thin film solar cells. In this work, stacking two CZTS layers with different majority …

The role of Ag in (Ag, Cu) 2ZnSnS4 thin film for solar cell application

W Li, X Liu, H Cui, S Huang, X Hao - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Recently, Ag incorporation into Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 structure was found to benefit the
solar cell performance. However,(Ag, Cu) 2 ZnSnS 4 used as the solar cell absorber is not …

Monolithic thin-film chalcogenide–silicon tandem solar cells enabled by a diffusion barrier

A Hajijafarassar, F Martinho, F Stulen, S Grini… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Following the recent success of monolithically integrated Perovskite/Si tandem solar cells,
great interest has been raised in searching for alternative wide bandgap top-cell materials …

[HTML][HTML] Epitaxial Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film on Si (111) 4 substrate

N Song, M Young, F Liu, P Erslev, S Wilson… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
To explore the possibility of Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS)/Si based tandem solar cells, the
heteroepitaxy of tetragonal Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 thin films on single crystalline cubic Si (111) …

Study of sputtered Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films on Si

N Song, MA Green, J Huang, Y Hu, X Hao - Applied Surface Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Integrating commercialized Si solar cells with eco-friendly and earth-abundant Cu 2 ZnSnS
4 (CZTS) film is a promising method to increase power conversion efficiency and hence …