Current challenges and future prospects for a highly efficient (> 20%) kesterite CZTS solar cell: A review

K Pal, P Singh, A Bhaduri, KB Thapa - Solar energy materials and solar …, 2019 - Elsevier
CZTS has kesterite structure and the composition's formula is Cu 2 ZnSn (S/Se) 4. The
efficiency of CZTS-Se (Coppersingle bondZincsingle bondTin-Sulphur-Selenium) solar …

Potential role of kesterites in development of earth‐abundant elements‐based next generation technology

KS Gour, V Karade, P Babar, J Park, DM Lee… - Solar …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe)‐based kesterite thin films have received growing
attention in a wide variety of fields due to their suitable physico‐chemical asset nano‐and …

Photovoltaic efficiencies of microwave and Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) superstrate solar cells

ST Yussuf, KC Nwambaekwe, ME Ramoroka… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Organic and inorganic materials such as perovskites, copper indium gallium diselenide,
cadmium telluride, and copper zinc tin sulfide/selenide (CZTS/Se) have been employed to …

Band Gap Engineering of Alloyed Cu2ZnGexSn1–xQ4 (Q = S,Se) Films for Solar Cell

DB Khadka, JH Kim - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2015 - ACS Publications
We fabricated polycrystalline Cu2ZnGe x Sn1–x Q4 (Q= S or Se) thin films by using spray-
based deposition. The effects of Ge alloying were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman …

Quantitative determination of optical and recombination losses in thin-film photovoltaic devices based on external quantum efficiency analysis

A Nakane, H Tampo, M Tamakoshi… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
In developing photovoltaic devices with high efficiencies, quantitative determination of the
carrier loss is crucial. In conventional solar-cell characterization techniques, however …

[HTML][HTML] Solution-based synthesis of kesterite thin film semiconductors

T Todorov, HW Hillhouse… - Journal of …, 2020 - pubishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org
Large-scale deployment of photovoltaic modules is required to power our renewable energy
future. Kesterite, Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4, is a p-type semiconductor absorber layer with a …

Achieving 11.95% efficient Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 solar cells fabricated by sputtering a Cu–Zn–Sn–Se quaternary compound target with a selenization process

X Li, D Zhuang, N Zhang, M Zhao, X Yu, P Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, earth-abundant thin film Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe) solar cells were fabricated by
the magnetron sputtering of a quaternary compound target. Precursor films were deposited …

Zn2SnO4-Based Photoelectrodes for Organolead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

LS Oh, DH Kim, JA Lee, SS Shin, JW Lee… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We report a new ternary Zn2SnO4 (ZSO) electron-transporting electrode of a CH3NH3PbI3
perovskite solar cell as an alternative to the conventional TiO2 electrode. The ZSO-based …

[HTML][HTML] Inkjet‐Printed Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 Solar Cells

X Lin, J Kavalakkatt, MC Lux‐Steiner… - Advanced science, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4‐based solar cells with total area (0.5 cm 2) power conversion
efficiency of 6.4% are demonstrated from thin film absorbers processed by inkjet printing …

Effect of sulfurization time on the properties of copper zinc tin sulfide thin films grown by electrochemical deposition

A Aldalbahi, EM Mkawi, K Ibrahim, MA Farrukh - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
We report growth of quaternary Cu2 ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin films prepared by the
electrochemical deposition from salt precursors containing Cu (II), Zn (II) and Sn (IV) metals …