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 …

Recent advances in synthesis of Cu2FeSnS4 materials for solar cell applications: a review

SA Vanalakar, PS Patil, JH Kim - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2018 - Elsevier
The earth-abundant Cu based multinary chalcogenides have great interest in the field of
environmentally benign thin film solar cells. Recently, Cu 2 FeSnS 4 (CFTS), one of the …

Effect of substrate temperature on physical properties of Cu2FeSnS4 thin films for photocatalysis applications

C Nefzi, M Souli, Y Cuminal, N Kamoun-Turki - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Quaternary chalcogenide Cu 2 FeSnS 4 (CFTS) thin layers have been grown by
spray pyrolysis technique on glass substrates using different substrate temperatures (T s …

Earth-abundant quaternary semiconductor Cu2MSnS4 (M= Fe, Co, Ni and Mn) nanofibers: Fabrication, characterization and band gap arrangement

F Ozel - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Quaternary-structured semiconductors Cu 2 MSnS 4 (M= Fe, Co, Ni and Mn) are
important materials due to indium free content and consisting of earth abundant elements …

Multinary copper-based chalcogenide nanocrystal systems from the perspective of device applications

S Palchoudhury, K Ramasamy, A Gupta - Nanoscale Advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Multinary chalcogenide semiconductor nanocrystals are a unique class of materials as they
offer flexibility in composition, structure, and morphology for controlled band gap and optical …

Solution-processed Cu 2 XSnS 4 (X= Fe, Co, Ni) photo-electrochemical and thin film solar cells on vertically grown ZnO nanorod arrays

A Ghosh, DK Chaudhary, A Biswas, R Thangavel… - RSC Advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This article presents the photo-electrochemical and photovoltaic performances of solution
processed Cu2XSnS4 (X= Fe, Co, Ni) thin films on ZnS coated vertically aligned ZnO …

A Nonvacuum Approach for Fabrication of Cu2ZnSnSe4/In2S3 Thin Film Solar Cell and Optoelectronic Characterization

DB Khadka, SY Kim, JH Kim - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Cd-free kesterite-based Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe)/In2S3 champion solar cell of 5.74%
efficiency has been fabricated by chemical spray pyrolysis. In this fabrication route, CZTSe …

Photo-electrochemical properties and electronic band structure of kesterite copper chalcogenide Cu 2–II–Sn–S 4 (II= Fe, Co, Ni) thin films

A Ghosh, A Biswas, R Thangavel, G Udayabhanu - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, we report a spin coating route for the deposition of multifunctional quaternary copper
chalcogenide Cu2–II–Sn–S4 (II= Fe, Co and Ni) thin films on ITO glass substrates. The …

[HTML][HTML] Cu2FeSnS4-based heterojunction solar cells with MxOy (M= Cu, Ni)-back surface field layers: Impact of defect density states and recombination

M Shafayet-Ul-Islam, A Kuddus, M Kabiruzzaman… - Next Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
Copper-based chalcogenide quaternary semiconductors have emerged as promising
candidates for next-generation photovoltaic (PV) devices, owing to their unique electronic …

Heating rate tuning in structure, morphology and electricity properties of Cu2FeSnS4 thin films prepared by sulfurization of metallic precursors

X Meng, H Deng, J Tao, H Cao, X Li, L Sun… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 FeSnS 4 (CFTS) thin films have been synthesized by sulfurization of the
sputtered metallic layers. The disappeared coexistence phase (Cu 2 FeSn 3 S 8) and …