Elastic moduli: a tool for understanding chemical bonding and thermal transport in thermoelectric materials

E Isotta, W Peng, A Balodhi, A Zevalkink - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The elastic behavior of a material can be a powerful tool to decipher thermal transport. In
thermoelectrics, measuring the elastic moduli—directly tied to sound velocity—is critical to …

Solar photovoltaic energy as a promising enhanced share of clean energy sources in the future—a comprehensive review

GT Chala, SM Al Alshaikh - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The use of solar energy is now a common and modern alternative that many countries
throughout the world have adopted. Different studies on PV systems have been documented …

Pathways for solar photovoltaics

J Jean, PR Brown, RL Jaffe, T Buonassisi… - Energy & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar energy is one of the few renewable, low-carbon resources with both the scalability and
the technological maturity to meet ever-growing global demand for electricity. Among solar …

Photovoltaic Materials and Devices Based on the Alloyed Kesterite Absorber (AgxCu1–x)2ZnSnSe4

T Gershon, YS Lee, P Antunez… - Advanced Energy …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The photovoltaic absorber Cu2ZnSn (SxSe1–x) 4 (CZTSSe) has attracted interest in recent
years due to the earth‐abundance of its constituents and the realization of high performance …

Impact of Urbach energy on open-circuit voltage deficit of thin-film solar cells

J Chantana, Y Kawano, T Nishimura… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Correlation between Urbach energy (EU) and open-circuit voltage deficit (V OC, def) among
conventional as well as emerging thin-film solar cells, ie Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGSe), Cu (In …

[HTML][HTML] On the origin of band-tails in kesterite

G Rey, G Larramona, S Bourdais, C Choné… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Kesterite Cu 2 ZnSn (S x Se 1− x) 4 is an attractive earth-abundant material for low-
cost thin film photovoltaics with the capability to achieve power production in the terawatt …

Understanding defects and band tailing characteristics and their impact on the device performance of Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 solar cells

VC Karade, MP Suryawanshi, JS Jang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The main causes of the large open-circuit voltage (Voc)-deficit in kesterite-based thin-film
solar cells (TFSCs) are the high concentration of defects, related defect clusters, and poor …

Photovoltaic Device with over 5% Efficiency Based on an n‐Type Ag2ZnSnSe4 Absorber

T Gershon, K Sardashti, O Gunawan… - Advanced Energy …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The kesterite material Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) is an attractive earth‐abundant
semiconductor for photovoltaics. However, the power conversion efficiency is limited by a …

Cu–Zn Cation Disorder in Kesterite Cu2ZnSn(SxSe1–x)4 Solar Cells

AY Zhu, RX Ding, HT Xu, CJ Tong… - ACS Energy …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cu–Zn cation disorder plays a vital and controversial role in kesterite CuZnSn (S1–x Se x) 4
solar cells. We demonstrate using density functional theory and nonadiabatic molecular …

The electrical and optical properties of kesterites

M Grossberg, J Krustok, CJ Hages… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Kesterite Cu 2 ZnSn (S x Se 1-x) 4 (CZTSSe) semiconductor materials have been
extensively studied over the past decade, however despite significant efforts, the open circuit …