A critical review on the progress of kesterite solar cells: Current strategies and insights

A Wang, M He, MA Green, K Sun… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) with earth‐abundant and environmental‐
benign constituents has been regarded as a promising solar energy harvesting material for …

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 …

Point defects, compositional fluctuations, and secondary phases in non-stoichiometric kesterites

S Schorr, G Gurieva, M Guc… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The efficiency of kesterite-based solar cells is limited by various non-ideal recombination
paths, amongst others by a high density of defect states and by the presence of binary or …

A review on binary metal sulfide heterojunction solar cells

DG Moon, S Rehan, DH Yeon, SM Lee, SJ Park… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Metal sulfides have been the subject of extensive research owing to their electro-optical
properties that are suitable for photovoltaic applications. In particular, low-cost binary metal …

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 …

Review article on the lattice defect and interface loss mechanisms in kesterite materials and their impact on solar cell performance

M Sahu, VRM Reddy, C Park, P Sharma - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Kesterite Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS), Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 (CZTSe), and its alloys Cu 2 ZnSn
(S x, Se 1− x) 4 (CZTSSe, 0< x< 1), are cost-effective thin-film photovoltaic materials to meet …

The electrical and optical properties of kesterites

M Grossberg, J Krustok, CJ Hages… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Kesterite Cu 2 ZnSn (S x Se 1-x) 4 (CZTSSe) semiconductor materials have been
extensively studied over the past decade, however despite significant efforts, the open circuit …

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 …

Modeling of highly efficient CNGS based kesterite solar cell: A DFT study along with SCAPS-1D analysis

N El Ouarie, J El Hamdaoui, GS Sahoo… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The electronic and optical properties of Cu 2 NiGeS 4 (CNGS) are examined using the first-
principle DFT calculations. A unique mBJ+ U potential method is used for the band gap …

Enhanced optical, magnetic, and photocatalytic activity of Mg2+ substituted NiFe2O4 spinel nanoparticles

S Kanithan, NA Vignesh, KM Katubi, PS Subudhi… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Magnesium doped nickel ferrite spinel nanostructured were prepared using a microwave
combustion method. The structural characterization by XRD analyses confirmed that …