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 …

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is a vapor phase technique capable of producing thin films of
a variety of materials. Based on sequential, self-limiting reactions, ALD offers exceptional …

Power generated from sustainable and environmentally benign solar cell technologies is
one of the key aspects in the development of clean renewable energy. Earth-abundant and …

The field of photovoltaics is undergoing a surge of interest following the recent discovery of
the lead hybrid perovskites as a remarkably efficient class of solar absorber. Of these …

The effect of band offsets in CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3-x Cl x perovskite-based solar cells with planar
junction configuration was analyzed using one-dimensional device simulator. As widely …

Thin‐film solar cells are made by vapor deposition of Earth‐abundant materials: tin, zinc,
oxygen and sulfur. These solar cells had previously achieved an efficiency of about 2%, less …

Heavy-metal (Cd, Hg, and Pb)-containing semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) have been
explored widely due to their unique optical and electrical properties. However, the toxicity …

We study the anisotropic electronic properties of two-dimensional (2D) SnS, an analogue of
phosphorene, grown by physical vapor transport. With transmission electron microscopy and …

Tin sulfide is being widely investigated as an earth-abundant light harvesting material, but
recorded efficiencies for SnS fall far below theoretical limits. We describe the synthesis and …

Sb2Se3 is a promising absorber material for photovoltaic cells because of its optimum band
gap, strong optical absorption, simple phase and composition, and earth-abundant and …