Emerging chalcogenide thin films for solar energy harvesting devices

S Hadke, M Huang, C Chen, YF Tay, S Chen… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
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 …

Compound copper chalcogenide nanocrystals

C Coughlan, M Ibanez, O Dobrozhan, A Singh… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This review captures the synthesis, assembly, properties, and applications of copper
chalcogenide NCs, which have achieved significant research interest in the last decade due …

Design of lead-free inorganic halide perovskites for solar cells via cation-transmutation

XG Zhao, JH Yang, Y Fu, D Yang, Q Xu… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Hybrid organic–inorganic halide perovskites with the prototype material of CH3NH3PbI3
have recently attracted intense interest as low-cost and high-performance photovoltaic …

Point defect engineering in thin-film solar cells

JS Park, S Kim, Z Xie, A Walsh - Nature Reviews Materials, 2018 - nature.com
Control of defect processes in photovoltaic materials is essential for realizing high-efficiency
solar cells and related optoelectronic devices. Native defects and extrinsic dopants tune the …

On the tuning of electrical and thermal transport in thermoelectrics: an integrated theory–experiment perspective

J Yang, L Xi, W Qiu, L Wu, X Shi, L Chen… - NPJ Computational …, 2016 - nature.com
During the last two decades, we have witnessed great progress in research on
thermoelectrics. There are two primary focuses. One is the fundamental understanding of …

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 …

Next generation thin-film solar absorbers based on chalcogenides

B Saparov - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Harvesting solar energy has never been more important than today as the world is
combating the implications of global climate change. Grid decarbonization is a central …

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 …

Kesterite Thin‐Film Solar Cells: Advances in Materials Modelling of Cu2ZnSnS4

A Walsh, S Chen, SH Wei… - Advanced Energy …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Quaternary semiconducting materials based on the kesterite (A2BCX4) mineral structure are
the most promising candidates to overtake the current generation of light‐absorbing …

Engineering solar cell absorbers by exploring the band alignment and defect disparity: the case of Cu‐and Ag‐based kesterite compounds

ZK Yuan, S Chen, H Xiang, XG Gong… - Advanced Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The development of kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 thin‐film solar cells is currently hindered by
the large deficit of open‐circuit voltage (Voc), which results from the easy formation of CuZn …