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 …

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 …

Defect engineering in multinary earth‐abundant chalcogenide photovoltaic materials

D Shin, B Saparov, DB Mitzi - Advanced Energy Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Application of zinc‐blende‐related chalcogenide absorbers such as CdTe and Cu (In, Ga)
Se2 (CIGSe) has enabled remarkable advancement in laboratory‐and commercial‐scale …

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 …

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) …

Origin of the low conversion efficiency in Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 kesterite solar cells: the actual role of cation disorder

W Chen, D Dahliah, GM Rignanese… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The controversial role of cation disorder in the extraordinarily low open-circuit voltage (VOC)
of the Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) kesterite absorber is examined through a statistical treatment of …

Solar-powering the Internet of Things

R Haight, W Haensch, D Friedman - Science, 2016 - science.org
The Internet connects billions of computational platforms of various sizes, from
supercomputers to smart phones. However, the same types of data transmission can …

BaCu2Sn(S,Se)4: Earth-Abundant Chalcogenides for Thin-Film Photovoltaics

D Shin, B Saparov, T Zhu, WP Huhn, V Blum… - Chemistry of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Chalcogenides such as CdTe, Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGSSe), and Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4
(CZTSSe) have enabled remarkable advances in thin-film photovoltaic performance, but …

Recent development in earth-abundant kesterite materials and their applications

AS Nazligul, M Wang, KL Choy - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) has attracted attention as an earth-abundant alternative to
commercially successful CIGS solar cells. CZTS exhibits decent optoelectrical properties …

New earth-abundant thin film solar cells based on chalcogenides

A Le Donne, V Trifiletti, S Binetti - Frontiers in chemistry, 2019 - frontiersin.org
At the end of 2017 roughly 1.8% of the worldwide electricity came from solar photovoltaics
(PV), which is foreseen to have a key role in all major future energy scenarios with an …