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 …

Emerging chalcogenide thin films for solar energy harvesting devices

S Hadke, M Huang, C Chen, YF Tay, S Chen… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chalcogenide semiconductors offer excellent optoelectronic properties for their use in solar
cells, exemplified by the commercialization of Cu (In, Ga) Se2-and CdTe-based photovoltaic …

Nonradiative recombination in perovskite solar cells: the role of interfaces

CM Wolff, P Caprioglio, M Stolterfoht… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Perovskite solar cells combine high carrier mobilities with long carrier lifetimes and high
radiative efficiencies. Despite this, full devices suffer from significant nonradiative …

Progress and perspectives of thin film kesterite photovoltaic technology: a critical review

S Giraldo, Z Jehl, M Placidi… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The latest progress and future perspectives of thin film photovoltaic kesterite technology are
reviewed herein. Kesterite is currently the most promising emerging fully inorganic thin film …

Controllable double gradient bandgap strategy enables high efficiency solution‐processed kesterite solar cells

Y Zhao, S Chen, M Ishaq, M Cathelinaud… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The double gradient bandgap absorber has the potential to enhance carrier collection,
improve light collection efficiency, and make the performance of solar cells more …

Kesterite solar cells: insights into current strategies and challenges

M He, C Yan, J Li, MP Suryawanshi, J Kim… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Earth‐abundant and environmentally benign kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) is a
promising alternative to its cousin chalcopyrite Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGS) for photovoltaic …

Doping and alloying of kesterites

YE Romanyuk, SG Haass, S Giraldo… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Attempts to improve the efficiency of kesterite solar cells by changing the intrinsic
stoichiometry have not helped to boost the device efficiency beyond the current record of …

Enhancing the value of environment-friendly CZTS compound for next generation photovoltaic device: A review

T Amrillah - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) is considered a solar cell material alternative to CuInGaSe 2
(CIGS); they have almost the same performance; except for power conversion efficiency …

Ag, Ge dual-gradient substitution for low-energy loss and high-efficiency kesterite solar cells

J Fu, D Kou, W Zhou, Z Zhou, S Yuan, Y Qi… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A major obstacle hindering further development of kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe)
solar cells is the inherent recombination losses that occur both via bulk defects and charge …

Defect engineering enabling p-type Mo (S, Se) 2: TM (TM= V, Nb, Ta) towards high-efficiency kesterite solar cells

J Fu, A Zhang, D Kou, Z Xiao, W Zhou, Z Zhou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
One important issue limiting the development of Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells is
the severe recombination loss at CZTSSe/Mo (S, Se) 2/Mo back contact, primarily arising …