Status review and the future prospects of CZTS based solar cell–A novel approach on the device structure and material modeling for CZTS based photovoltaic device

M Ravindiran, C Praveenkumar - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) based devices has become increasingly popular due to the
better efficiency with different architectures for various types of solar cells. The present work …

A review on pulsed laser deposited CZTS thin films for solar cell applications

SA Vanalakar, GL Agawane, SW Shin… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Cu 2 ZnSnS 4; commonly abbreviated as CZTS is a promising material for low cost thin film
solar cells, because of its suitable band gap energy of around 1.5 eV and large absorption …

Numerical analysis of earth-abundant Cu2ZnSn (SxSe1-x) 4 solar cells based on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry results by using SCAPS-1D

L Et-taya, T Ouslimane, A Benami - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Mixed chalcogenide CZTSSe with earth abundant elements, inexpensive, environmental-
friendly and impressive photovoltaic performance is a promising absorber material for …

CZTS based thin film solar cells: a status review

MP Suryawanshi, GL Agawane, SM Bhosale… - Materials …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Today's thin film photovoltaic technologies comprising CuInS2 (CIS), CuInGaSe2 (CIGS)
and CdTe rely on elements that are costly and rare in the earth's crust (eg In, Ga, Te) and are …

Kësterite thin films for photovoltaics: a review

S Delbos - EPJ Photovoltaics, 2012 - epjpv.epj.org
In the years to come, electricity production is bound to increase, and Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4
(CZTS) compounds, due to their suitability to thin-film solar cells, could be a means to fulfill …

A review on development prospect of CZTS based thin film solar cells

X Song, X Ji, M Li, W Lin, X Luo… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Cu2ZnSnS4 is considered as the ideal absorption layer material in next generation thin film
solar cells due to the abundant component elements in the crust being nontoxic and …

Studies of compositional dependent CZTS thin film solar cells by pulsed laser deposition technique: An attempt to improve the efficiency

AV Moholkar, SS Shinde, GL Agawane, SH Jo… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The performance of CZTS thin films deposited by using pulsed laser deposition technique is
investigated as a function of target composition. The chemical composition ratio a= Cu/(Zn+ …

A comparative study of different buffer layers for CZTS solar cell using Scaps-1D simulation program

F Belarbi, W Rahal, D Rached, M Adnane - Optik, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, we have optimized a CZTS-based solar cell using solar cell capacitance
simulator (SCAPS-1D). We particularly focused on replacing the buffer layer, which is …

Performance improvement of CZTS-based hybrid solar cell with double hole transport layer using extensive simulation

S Bhattarai, MK Hossain, J Madan, R Pandey… - Journal of Physics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The extensive outcomes of the specific modeling method for hybrid photovoltaic solar cells
at the illumination condition of AM 1.5 G spectrum are shown in this simulation work. This …

Analysis of Cu2ZnSnS4/CdS based photovoltaic cell: a numerical simulation approach

SR Meher, L Balakrishnan, ZC Alex - Superlattices and Microstructures, 2016 - Elsevier
In the present work, p-Cu 2 ZnSnS 4/n-CdS heterojunction solar cells have been analysed
through Solar Cell Capacitance Simulator (SCAPS). The effects of various layer parameters …