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 …

Strategic review of secondary phases, defects and defect-complexes in kesterite CZTS–Se solar cells

M Kumar, A Dubey, N Adhikari… - Energy & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Earth abundant kesterite copper-zinc-tin-sulfide–selenide (CZTS–Se) is considered as cost-
effective material for next generation solar cells. However, current CZTS–Se solar cells have …

Classification of Lattice Defects in the Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 and Cu2ZnSnSe4 Earth‐Abundant Solar Cell Absorbers

S Chen, A Walsh, XG Gong, SH Wei - Advanced materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The kesterite‐structured semiconductors Cu2ZnSnS4 and Cu2ZnSnSe4 are drawing
considerable attention recently as the active layers in earth‐abundant low‐cost thin‐film …

Cation substitution in earth‐abundant kesterite photovoltaic materials

J Li, D Wang, X Li, Y Zeng, Y Zhang - Advanced Science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
As a promising candidate for low‐cost and environmentally friendly thin‐film photovoltaics,
the emerging kesterite‐based Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells have experienced …

Kesterites—a challenging material for solar cells

S Siebentritt, S Schorr - Progress in photovoltaics: Research …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Kesterite materials (Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4) are made from non‐toxic, earth‐
abundant and low‐cost raw materials. We summarise here the structural and electronic …

Defect Engineering in Earth‐Abundant Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Photovoltaic Materials via Ga3+‐Doping for over 12% Efficient Solar Cells

Y Du, S Wang, Q Tian, Y Zhao, X Chang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The efficiency of earth‐abundant Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells is considerably
lower than the Shockley–Queisser limit. One of the main reasons for this is the presence of …

Why are kesterite solar cells not 20% efficient?

S Siebentritt - Thin solid films, 2013 - Elsevier
Although kesterite solar cells show the same range of band gaps as the related
chalcopyrites, their efficiencies have so far reached only 10%, compared with 20% for the …

The state and future prospects of kesterite photovoltaics

A Polizzotti, IL Repins, R Noufi, SH Wei… - Energy & Environmental …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
A recent meeting of experts in kesterite, chalcopyrite, and related thin-film solar cell devices;
characterization; and modeling from industry, academia, and national labs identified high …

In-depth resolved Raman scattering analysis for the identification of secondary phases: characterization of Cu2ZnSnS4 layers for solar cell applications

X Fontané, L Calvo-Barrio, V Izquierdo-Roca… - Applied Physics …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
This work reports the in-depth resolved Raman scattering analysis with different excitation
wavelengths of Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 layers. Secondary phases constitute a central problem in this …

Development of a Selective Chemical Etch To Improve the Conversion Efficiency of Zn-Rich Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells

A Fairbrother, E García-Hemme… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Improvement of the efficiency of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS)-based solar cells requires the
development of specific procedures to remove or avoid the formation of detrimental …