Defect suppression for high-efficiency kesterite CZTSSe solar cells: advances and prospects

H Wei, Y Li, C Cui, X Wang, Z Shao, S Pang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Comprising of earth-abundant, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly elements, kesterite
Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells are demonstrated to have enormous potential to …

Environment-friendly copper-based chalcogenide thin film solar cells: status and perspectives

T Amrillah, A Prasetio, AR Supandi, DH Sidiq… - Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Copper chalcogenides (CuCh) have attracted considerable attention due to their promising
potential as environmental-friendly photoactive material for lightweight and flexible thin film …

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 …

Device Postannealing Enabling over 12% Efficient Solution‐Processed Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells with Cd2+ Substitution

Z Su, G Liang, P Fan, J Luo, Z Zheng, Z Xie… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 is a promising photovoltaic material containing low‐cost,
earth‐abundant, and stable semiconductor elements. However, the highest power …

Engineering of interface band bending and defects elimination via a Ag-graded active layer for efficient (Cu, Ag) 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 solar cells

YF Qi, DX Kou, WH Zhou, ZJ Zhou, QW Tian… - Energy & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Although the substitution of Cu by Ag to suppress CuZn defects offers several advantages in
overcoming the large open-circuit voltage (Voc) deficit for Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) …

Suppressing element inhomogeneity enables 14.9% efficiency CZTSSe solar cells

Y Li, C Cui, H Wei, Z Shao, Z Wu, S Zhang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Kesterites, Cu2ZnSn (SxSe1− x) 4 (CZTSSe), solar cells suffer from severe open‐
circuit voltage (VOC) loss due to the numerous secondary phases and defects. The …

Insights into kesterite's back contact interface: A status review

V Karade, A Lokhande, P Babar, MG Gang… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recently, kesterite-based thin film solar cells (TFSCs) gained significant attention in the
photovoltaic (PV) sector for their elemental earth abundancy and low toxicity. The emerging …

Defect engineering enabling p-type Mo (S, Se) 2: TM (TM= V, Nb, Ta) towards high-efficiency kesterite solar cells

J Fu, A Zhang, D Kou, Z Xiao, W Zhou, Z Zhou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
One important issue limiting the development of Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells is
the severe recombination loss at CZTSSe/Mo (S, Se) 2/Mo back contact, primarily arising …

Diverse applications of MoO 3 for high performance organic photovoltaics: fundamentals, processes and optimization strategies

Y Gong, Y Dong, B Zhao, R Yu, S Hu… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of efficient and stable interface materials is an important part of the
research in organic photovoltaics (OPVs), which aims to realize higher efficiency, longer …

Ag, Ge dual-gradient substitution for low-energy loss and high-efficiency kesterite solar cells

J Fu, D Kou, W Zhou, Z Zhou, S Yuan, Y Qi… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A major obstacle hindering further development of kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe)
solar cells is the inherent recombination losses that occur both via bulk defects and charge …