Comprehensive review on thin film homojunction solar cells: technologies, progress and challenges

OM Saif, Y Elogail, TM Abdolkader, A Shaker, A Zekry… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the aim of achieving high efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and reliability of solar cells,
several technologies have been studied. Recently, emerging materials have appeared to …

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 …

Experimental and theoretical investigation of hydrogen-bonding interactions in cocrystals of sulfaguanidine

S Huang, VKR Cheemarla, D Tiana… - Crystal Growth & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Pharmaceutical cocrystals, a type of multicomponent crystalline material incorporating two or
more molecular and/or ionic compounds connected by noncovalent interactions (such as …

Hierarchically structured sub-bands in chalcopyrite thin-film solar cell devices

K Vijayan, L Thirumalaisamy… - New Journal of …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Framing effective mitigation steps to resolve the energy crisis directs to the research gap of
existing solar cell technologies. The study utilizes the inherent physiochemical properties of …

Band-gap tuning induced by germanium introduction in solution-processed kesterite thin films

G Tseberlidis, V Trifiletti, E Vitiello, AH Husien… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the last few decades, the attention of scientific community has been driven toward the
research on renewable energies. In particular, the photovoltaic (PV) thin-film technology has …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced photovoltaic effects of microwave-assisted polyol-synthesized Cu2 (Pd/Zn) SnS4 kesterite nanoparticles

KC Nwambaekwe, ME Ramoroka, EI Iwuoha - Journal of Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Kesterite materials show excellent optical and semiconductive properties for use as p–type
absorber layer in photovoltaic (PV) applications, but they have a high open circuit voltage …

Microwave-induced band gap attenuation of novel manganese zinc aluminum sulfide kesterite nanomaterials for optimal photovoltaics

ST Yussuf, KV Mokwebo, KC Januarie… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, kesterite (copper zinc tin sulfide, CZTS) have emerged as a promising alternative
active layer to cadmium telluride and copper indium gallium selenide for low-cost thin films …

Fabrication of CZTS Films through a Combined Electrodeposition and Solution Process: An Experimental and First‐Principles Study

R Katirci, MN Onel, I Danaci, KI Danaci… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sulfurization has a critical role in preparation of CZTS films since the main drawback of
CZTS is due to the presence of S‐based impurities. In general, sulfurization could be …

Synthesis of BaZrS3 and BaS3 Thin Films: High and Low Temperature Approaches

T Freund, S Jamshaid, M Monavvar, P Wellmann - Crystals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Current research efforts in the field of the semiconducting chalcogenide perovskites are
directed towards the fabrication of thin films and subsequently determine their performance …

Analysis for efficiency potential of II–VI compound, chalcopyrite, and kesterite-based tandem solar cells

M Yamaguchi, H Tampo, H Shibata… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
The development of high-performance solar cells offers a promising pathway toward
achieving high power per unit cost for many applications. As single-junction solar cells are …