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 …

Gradient Conduction Band Energy Engineering Driven High‐Efficiency Solution‐Processed Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4/ZnxCd1–x S Solar Cells

Z Xu, Q Gao, C Cui, S Yuan, D Kou… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The photovoltaic performance of the environmentally friendly Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe)
solar cells is lower than its predecessor Cu (In, Ga) Se2 solar cells. Severe carrier …

Environment-friendly Cu-based thin film solar cells: materials, devices and charge carrier dynamics

C Xing, Y Lei, M Liu, S Wu, W He… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Cu-based thin films are ideal absorbing layer materials for new-generation thin-film solar
cells, which have many advantages, such as environment-friendly components, abundant …

Hierarchical Z-scheme Bi2S3/CdS heterojunction: Controllable morphology and excellent photocatalytic antibacterial

L Shi, Z Ma, W Qu, W Zhou, Z Deng, H Zhang - Applied Surface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The hierarchical nanostructure can significantly increase photocatalytic centers and
enhance light harvesting. In this study, a series of hierarchical Z-scheme Bi 2 S 3/CdS …

Sulfate-Functionalized Core–Shell ZnO/CdS/Ag2S Nanorod Arrays with Dual-Charge-Transfer Channels for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Performance

X Xie, R Wang, Y Ma, J Chen, Z Shi… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Insufficient light absorption and fast charge recombination seriously restrain the
photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting performance of semiconductor photoelectrodes …

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) …

Efficiency enhancement of CZTSe solar cell using CdS (n)/(AgxCu1–x) 2ZnSnSe4 (p)/Cu2ZnSnSe4 (p+) structure

U Saha, A Biswas, MK Alam - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Direct bandgap Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 (CZTSe) material is a promising absorber for thin
film photovoltaics due to its affordable production cost and ecofriendly constituents …

[HTML][HTML] Physical properties of the low-cost CZTS absorber layer deposited by spin-coating: effect of the copper concentration associated with SCAPS-1D simulation

S Zakaria, AEL Hichou - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Five samples of copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS) thin films were deposited by a spin-coating
technique at various copper concentrations ranging from 0.5 M to 2.5 M in steps of 0.5 M, in …

Coulomb-blockade oscillation in CdS, ZnS and CdS/ZnS core-shell quantum dots

PK Kalita, Y Nanung, H Das - Physica Scripta, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
CdS, ZnS and core–shell CdS/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) with different ratio concentration of
core to shell (1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 3, 1: 4, 1: 5) were synthesized and their structural, optical and …

Pulse electrodeposited zinc sulfide as an eco-friendly buffer layer for the cadmium-free thin-film solar cells

D Boosagulla, S Mandati, P Misra, R Allikayala… - Superlattices and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Zinc sulfide (ZnS) is an emerging alternate n-type buffer layer for the cadmium-free thin-film
solar cells. The present research adopts a unique mixture of glycerol and tartaric acid for the …