Photovoltaic efficiencies of microwave and Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) superstrate solar cells

ST Yussuf, KC Nwambaekwe, ME Ramoroka… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Organic and inorganic materials such as perovskites, copper indium gallium diselenide,
cadmium telluride, and copper zinc tin sulfide/selenide (CZTS/Se) have been employed to …

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 …

Efficiency boost of CZTS solar cells based on double-absorber architecture: Device modeling and analysis

T AlZoubi, A Moghrabi, M Moustafa, S Yasin - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, we present a new alternative approach that utilizes Si as a second absorber
along with the primary CZTS absorber to improve all photovoltaics performance parameters …

Performance evaluation of WS2 as buffer and Sb2S3 as hole transport layer in CZTS solar cell by numerical simulation

MNH Riyad, A Sunny, MM Khatun… - Engineering …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study reports on performance enhancement of a Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell introducing
Sb2S3 as hole transport layer (HTL) along WS2 as buffer layer. We have investigated …

Intensive studies on the structural, optical, and optoelectrical properties of a novel kesterite Cu2CdGeS4 thin films

IM El Radaf - Optik, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study intends to investigate the effect of film thickness on the novel kesterite Cu
2 CdGeS 4 (CCGS 4) thin films that are deposited by a chemical bath deposition procedure …

XPS analysis and structural characterization of CZTS thin films deposited by one-step thermal evaporation

S Ahmadi, N Khemiri, A Cantarero, M Kanzari - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Earth abundant and non-toxic CZTS films were grown by one-step thermal evaporation from
as prepared and calcined powders followed by a sulfurization process at 400° C. 400° C. X …

[HTML][HTML] Fabrication of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) by co-electrodeposition of Cu-Zn-Sn alloys, and effect of chemical composition of CZTS on their photoelectrochemical …

M Tanaka, Y Hirose, Y Harada, M Takahashi… - Results in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Sulfide kesterite Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS), an intrinsic p-type semiconductor, provides
an attractive low-cost, environmentally friendly photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting to …

Characterization of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films deposited by one-step thermal evaporation for a third generation solar cell

E Peksu, H Karaagac - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, one-step thermal evaporation was employed for the fabrication of phase-pure
CZTS thin films on glass substrates from single crystalline Cu-poor ingot grown by Bridgman …

Photodiode performance and infrared light sensing capabilities of quaternary Cu2ZnSnS4 chalcogenide

AG Al-Sehemi, A Karabulut, A Dere, AA Al-Ghamdi… - Surfaces and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, quaternary Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 chalcogenide nanocrystal compound prepared by
hydrothermal method was coated on Si with the help of spin coating technique to be used as …

First investigation on CZTS electron affinity and thickness optimization using SILVACO-Atlas 2D simulation

Z Seboui, S Dabbabi - Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we study the performance of Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) based solar cell. In our
knowledge, it is for the first time that the FTO/ZnO: Co/CZTS structure is simulated using the …