Development of Cu2SnS3 (CTS) thin film solar cells by physical techniques: A status review

AC Lokhande, RBV Chalapathy, M He, E Jo… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
Developments in thin film solar cell technology have attracted major attention in the recent
years due to its capacity to reliably satisfy the required energy needs. Various solar absorber …

High Thermoelectric Performance in Cu2SnS3 by Control Over Phase‐Dependent Mobility Edge

D Zhang, B Zhang, Z Zhou, G Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Complex thermoelectric materials composed of multiple phases with order/disorder mixing
feature have drawn intense attention due to their high performance. However, some physical …

Colloidal Wurtzite Cu2SnS3 (CTS) Nanocrystals and Their Applications in Solar Cells

UV Ghorpade, MP Suryawanshi, SW Shin… - Chemistry of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
In the development of low-cost, efficient, and environmentally friendly thin-film solar cells
(TFSCs), the search continues for a suitable inorganic colloidal nanocrystal (NC) ink that can …

Tin-Substituted Chalcopyrite: An n-Type Sulfide with Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance

S Tippireddy, F Azough, Vikram, FT Tompkins… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The dearth of n-type sulfides with thermoelectric performance comparable to that of their p-
type analogues presents a problem in the fabrication of all-sulfide devices. Chalcopyrite …

Local-Disorder-Induced Low Thermal Conductivity in Degenerate Semiconductor Cu22Sn10S32

VP Kumar, P Lemoine, V Carnevali, G Guelou… - Inorganic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
S-based semiconductors are attracting attention as environmentally friendly materials for
energy-conversion applications because of their structural complexity and chemical …

Non-vacuum mechanochemical route to the synthesis of Cu2SnS3 nano-ink for solar cell applications

SA Vanalakar, GL Agawane, SW Shin, HS Yang… - Acta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Cu-based ternary chalcogenides such as Cu 2 SnS 3 (CTS) are attracting increasing interest
due to their outstanding opto-electronic properties. Herein, a simple, cost-effective non …

Eco-friendly synthesis of SnSe nanoparticles: effect of reducing agents on the reactivity of a Se-precursor and phase formation of SnSe NPs

B Pejjai, VRM Reddy, K Seku, MR Pallavolu… - New Journal of …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Tin monoselenide (SnSe) nanoparticles (NPs) have great potential to replace the
conventional absorbers used in the fabrication of thin film solar cells. However, studies …

Polymorphic Control of Solution-Processed Cu2SnS3 Films with Thiol–Amine Ink Formulation

KM Koskela, C Mora Perez, DB Eremin… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
There is increasing demand for tailored molecular inks that produce phase-pure solution-
processed semiconductor films. Within the Cu–Sn–S phase space, Cu2SnS3 belongs to the …

Synthesis of Cu2SnS3, Cu3SnS4, and Cu4SnS4 thin films by sulfurization of SnS-Cu layers at a selected temperature and/or Cu layers thickness

D Avellaneda, A Paul, S Shaji, B Krishnan - Journal of Solid State …, 2022 - Elsevier
Three phases of the ternary Cu-Sn-S system were synthesized using thin films of chemical
bath deposited tin sulfide (SnS) and thermally evaporated copper. Cu layers with different …

Photovoltaic materials: Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) nanocrystals synthesized via industrially scalable, green, one‐step mechanochemical process

P Baláž, M Hegedus, M Baláž, N Daneu… - Progress in …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The present study demonstrates a scalable approach towards the pure Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS)
phase starting from microsized Cu, Zn, Sn, and S mixture or a combination of nanosized …