Nontoxic and earth-abundant Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin film solar cells: a review on high throughput processed methods

S Chander, SK Tripathi, I Kaur, AK De - Materials Today Sustainability, 2023 - Elsevier
Photovoltaics is one of the most well-known sustainable technologies to supply all of the
world's energy needs due to its enduring nature and lack of pollution. CdTe, CIGS, and a-Si …

Polarized Raman scattering study of kesterite type Cu2ZnSnS4 single crystals

M Guc, S Levcenko, IV Bodnar, V Izquierdo-Roca… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
A non-destructive Raman spectroscopy has been widely used as a complimentary method
to X-ray diffraction characterization of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin films, yet our knowledge of …

Thermally activated band conduction and variable range hopping conduction in Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films

M Zubair Ansari, N Khare - Journal of Applied Physics, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
The temperature dependence of electrical conductivity of the Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) thin films
has been measured in order to identify the dominant conduction mechanism. These CZTS …

The effect of ZnS segregation on Zn-rich CZTS thin film solar cells

W Li, J Chen, C Yan, X Hao - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Analysis of ZnS segregation behaviour and its influence on the device performance
has been made on the Zn-rich Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 thin film solar cells. Cross-sectional …

Stability of Cu2ZnSnSe4/CdS heterojunction based solar cells under soft post-deposition thermal treatments

F Atlan, I Becerril-Romero, S Giraldo, V Rotaru… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The thermal stability of the Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 (CZTSe) absorber and CdS buffer layers in
SLG/Mo/CZTSe/CdS/i-ZnO/ITO devices is explored by performing a series of soft (∼ 200° C) …

The role of Ag in (Ag, Cu) 2ZnSnS4 thin film for solar cell application

W Li, X Liu, H Cui, S Huang, X Hao - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Recently, Ag incorporation into Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 structure was found to benefit the
solar cell performance. However,(Ag, Cu) 2 ZnSnS 4 used as the solar cell absorber is not …

Intragrain charge transport in kesterite thin films—Limits arising from carrier localization

H Hempel, A Redinger, I Repins, C Moisan… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Intragrain charge carrier mobilities measured by time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy in
state of the art Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 kesterite thin films are found to increase from 32 to 140 …

Structural, optical and electrical properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film deposited by electron beam evaporation method

ME Azim-Araghi, N Safaie - Optik, 2022 - Elsevier
In this research work, the Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) powder was synthesized using microwave-
assisted technique. Sandwich device of Al/CZTS/Al thin film was deposited by electron beam …

Non-vacuum processed Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films: influence of copper precursor on structural, optical and morphological properties

F Aslan, A Tumbul - Journal of alloys and compounds, 2014 - Elsevier
In this study, thin film of Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) has been successfully deposited by sol–gel
dip-coating method on glass substrates. In the sol–gel process, glacial acetic acid, ethanol …

[HTML][HTML] 2D nanosheet SnS2 solution-processed photoanodes: Unveiling enhanced visible light absorption for solar fuels applications

Y Sánchez, M Guc, S Martí-Sánchez… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The scale-up of photoelectrochemical water splitting and CO 2 reduction is currently
hindered by the excessive band gap of metal oxide photoanodes. Metal sulfides 2D …