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 …

A review on the features and progress of dual‐ion batteries

M Wang, Y Tang - Advanced Energy Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the wide application of lithium‐ion batteries in portable electronic devices and
electric vehicles, the demand for new battery systems with the merits of high voltage …

Controlling Selenization Equilibrium Enables High-Quality Kesterite Absorbers for Efficient Solar Cells

X Xu, J Zhou, K Yin, J Wang, L Lou, M Jiao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 is considered one of the most competitive photovoltaic
materials due to its earth-abundant and nontoxic constituent elements, environmental …

Defect engineering in multinary earth‐abundant chalcogenide photovoltaic materials

D Shin, B Saparov, DB Mitzi - Advanced Energy Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Application of zinc‐blende‐related chalcogenide absorbers such as CdTe and Cu (In, Ga)
Se2 (CIGSe) has enabled remarkable advancement in laboratory‐and commercial‐scale …

Progress and prospects of CZTSSe/CdS interface engineering to combat high open-circuit voltage deficit of kesterite photovoltaics: a critical review

K Kaur, M Kumar - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
CZTSSe solar cells are considered to be potential and cost-effective alternative solutions to
mature photovoltaic technology for meeting future energy demands. However, the current …

Cd-Free Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 solar cell with an efficiency greater than 10% enabled by Al 2 O 3 passivation layers

X Cui, K Sun, J Huang, JS Yun, CY Lee… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Environmentally friendly earth-abundant Cd-free Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) solar cells have
recently achieved increasing power conversion efficiency by using ZnSnO as the buffer …

Discovery of crystal structure–stability correlation in iridates for oxygen evolution electrocatalysis in acid

CW Song, J Lim, HB Bae, SY Chung - Energy & Environmental …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the critical bottlenecks in many energy-conversion devices associated with the
oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is to find adequate catalysts that both show high activity …

Atomic-scale perturbation of oxygen octahedra via surface ion exchange in perovskite nickelates boosts water oxidation

J Bak, H Bin Bae, SY Chung - Nature Communications, 2019 - nature.com
A substantial amount of interest has been focused on AB O3-type perovskite oxides over the
past decade as oxygen electrocatalysts. Despite many studies on various compositions, the …

Earth‐Abundant Chalcogenide Photovoltaic Devices with over 5% Efficiency Based on a Cu2BaSn(S,Se)4 Absorber

D Shin, T Zhu, X Huang, O Gunawan… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) materials have enabled important progress in
associated thin‐film photovoltaic (PV) technology, while avoiding scarce and/or toxic metals; …

Improving the Performance of Solution-Processed Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Photovoltaic Materials by Cd2+ Substitution

J Fu, Q Tian, Z Zhou, D Kou, Y Meng… - Chemistry of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Additional elements in the Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) absorber layers can play a crucial
role in improving the performance of thin film solar cells. In this paper, a significant …