Defects in metal triiodide perovskite materials towards high-performance solar cells: origin, impact, characterization, and engineering

C Ran, J Xu, W Gao, C Huang, S Dou - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The rapid development of solar cells (SCs) based on organic–inorganic hybrid metal
triiodide perovskite (MTP) materials holds great promise for next-generation photovoltaic …

Strategic review of secondary phases, defects and defect-complexes in kesterite CZTS–Se solar cells

M Kumar, A Dubey, N Adhikari… - Energy & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Earth abundant kesterite copper-zinc-tin-sulfide–selenide (CZTS–Se) is considered as cost-
effective material for next generation solar cells. However, current CZTS–Se solar cells have …

Classification of Lattice Defects in the Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 and Cu2ZnSnSe4 Earth‐Abundant Solar Cell Absorbers

S Chen, A Walsh, XG Gong, SH Wei - Advanced materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The kesterite‐structured semiconductors Cu2ZnSnS4 and Cu2ZnSnSe4 are drawing
considerable attention recently as the active layers in earth‐abundant low‐cost thin‐film …

Current challenges and future prospects for a highly efficient (> 20%) kesterite CZTS solar cell: A review

K Pal, P Singh, A Bhaduri, KB Thapa - Solar energy materials and solar …, 2019 - Elsevier
CZTS has kesterite structure and the composition's formula is Cu 2 ZnSn (S/Se) 4. The
efficiency of CZTS-Se (Coppersingle bondZincsingle bondTin-Sulphur-Selenium) solar …

Status review and the future prospects of CZTS based solar cell–A novel approach on the device structure and material modeling for CZTS based photovoltaic device

M Ravindiran, C Praveenkumar - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) based devices has become increasingly popular due to the
better efficiency with different architectures for various types of solar cells. The present work …

The current status and future prospects of kesterite solar cells: a brief review

X Liu, Y Feng, H Cui, F Liu, X Hao… - Progress in …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Kesterite‐based solar cells are attracting considerable attention in recent years, owing to the
reduced toxicity and greater abundance of their constituent elements. In this brief review, we …

The path towards a high-performance solution-processed kesterite solar cell

DB Mitzi, O Gunawan, TK Todorov, K Wang… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2011 - Elsevier
Despite the promise of thin-film Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGSSe) chalcopyrite and CdTe
photovoltaic technologies with respect to reducing cost per watt of solar energy conversion …

Fabrication of 7.2% efficient CZTSSe solar cells using CZTS nanocrystals

Q Guo, GM Ford, WC Yang, BC Walker… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Earth abundant copper-zinc-tin-chalcogenide (CZTSSe) is an important class of material for
the development of low cost and sustainable thin film solar cells. The fabrication of CZTSSe …

Intrinsic point defects and complexes in the quaternary kesterite semiconductor

S Chen, JH Yang, XG Gong, A Walsh, SH Wei - Physical Review B …, 2010 - APS
Current knowledge of the intrinsic defect properties of Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) is limited, which
is hindering further improvement of the performance of CZTS-based solar cells. Here, we …

A High Efficiency Electrodeposited Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cell

S Ahmed, KB Reuter, O Gunawan… - Advanced Energy …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract High‐performance Cu2ZnSnS4 photovoltaic devices are demonstrated using
electrodeposition of metal stacks and annealing of a CuZnSn precursor in a sulfur …