Recent Progress and Challenges in Controlling Secondary Phases in Kesterite CZT (S/Se) Thin Films: A Critical Review

MY Zaki, A Velea - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Kesterite-based copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS) and copper zinc tin selenide (CZTSe) thin
films have attracted considerable attention as promising materials for sustainable and cost …

Third-generation solar cells based on quaternary copper compounds with the kesterite-type structure

VV Rakitin, GF Novikov - Russian Chemical Reviews, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The state of the art in the studies aimed at improving the efficiency and reducing the cost of
solar energy cells is analyzed. A possible way to achieve these goals is to use absorber …

Earth-Abundant Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 (CZTSSe) Solar Cells

S Das, KC Mandal, RN Bhattacharya - Semiconductor Materials for Solar …, 2016 - Springer
In recent years, copper (Cu)-based quaternary kesterite compounds—Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS),
Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 (CZTSe), and mixed chalcogenide Cu 2 ZnSn (S x Se 1− x) 4 (CZTSSe) …

Single elementary target-sputtered Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin film solar cells

YH Jo, BC Mohanty, DH Yeon, SM Lee… - Solar Energy Materials and …, 2015 - Elsevier
A simple single elementary target sputtering method is proposed as an alternative to the
multi-target sputter approach for preparing Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 absorber films. Several single …

Photocatalytic activities of hydrothermal synthesized copper zinc tin sulfide nanostructures

JP Sawant, R Rajput, S Patil, J Ryu, DR Patil… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Springer
We report the hydrothermal synthesis of visible light absorbing and direct energy bandgap
kesterite-structured Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) nanoparticles (NP) for photocatalytic and …

Fabrication of Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) absorber films based on solid-phase synthesis and blade coating processes

R Ma, F Yang, S Li, X Zhang, X Li, S Cheng… - Applied Surface Science, 2016 - Elsevier
CZTSSe is an important earth abundant collection of materials for the development of low
cost and high efficiency thin film solar cells. This work developed a simple non-vacuum …

Fabrication and Characterization of Cu2ZnSnSe4 Thin-Film Solar Cells using a Single-Stage Co-Evaporation Method: Effects of Film Growth Temperatures on …

M Rehan, H Jeon, Y Cho, A Cho, K Kim, JS Cho… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Kesterite-structured Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe) is considered as one of the Earth-abundant and
non-toxic photovoltaic materials. CZTSe films have been prepared using a single-step co …

Band alignments at interface of Cu2ZnSnS4/ZnO heterojunction: An X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and first-principles study

G Yang, YF Li, B Yao, ZH Ding, R Deng, JM Qin… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The band alignments at the interface of Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS)/ZnO heterojunction were
determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Core levels of S2p and O1s were used to …

Defect Engineering in Earth‐Abundant Cu2ZnSnSe4 Absorber Using Efficient Alkali Doping for Flexible and Tandem Solar Cell Applications

M Rehan, A Cho, I Jeong, K Kim, A Ullah… - Energy & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
To demonstrate flexible and tandem device applications, a low‐temperature Cu2ZnSnSe4
(CZTSe) deposition process, combined with efficient alkali doping, was developed. First …

Солнечные преобразователи третьего поколения на основе четверных соединений меди со структурой кестерита

ВВ Ракитин, ГФ Новиков - Успехи химии, 2017 - elibrary.ru
Проанализировано современное состояние исследований, связанных с проблемами
повышения эффективности и удешевления преобразователей солнечной энергии …