Wide band gap chalcogenide semiconductors

R Woods-Robinson, Y Han, H Zhang, T Ablekim… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Wide band gap semiconductors are essential for today's electronic devices and energy
applications because of their high optical transparency, controllable carrier concentration …

SCAPS study on the effect of various hole transport layer on highly efficient 31.86% eco-friendly CZTS based solar cell

R Ranjan, N Anand, MN Tripathi, N Srivastava… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Copper Zinc Tin Sulphide (CZTS) is a propitious semiconductor for active absorber
material in thin-film solar cells (SCs). Here, SC architecture comprising FTO/ZnS/CZTS …

Numerical simulation of CIGS, CISSe and CZTS-based solar cells with In2S3 as buffer layer and Au as back contact using SCAPS 1D

MA Ashraf, I Alam - Engineering Research Express, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
A solar cell capacitance simulator named SCAPS 1D was used in the prediction study of Cu
(In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGS), CuIn (S, Se) 2 (CISSe) and Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) based solar cells …

Metal oxides as buffer layers for CZTS based solar cells: a numerical analysis by SCAPS-1D software

B Maharana, R Jha, S Chatterjee - Optical Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) has been widely used as absorber layer for an alternative
cadmium free thin film solar cell material. However, in some of the CZTS based solar cell still …

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 …

Device study and optimisation of CZTS/ZnS based solar cell with CuI hole transport layer for different conduction band offset

S Mazumder, K Senthilkumar - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The copper zinc tin sulphide (CZTS) is a promising candidate for solar cell application. The
CZTS/ZnS-based heterojunction provides a high conduction band offset at the junction. The …

Device modeling and study of AZO/i-ZnO/ZnS/CZTS-bilayer solar cell for different series and shunt resistances

S Mazumder, P Mazumder, K Senthilkumar - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The low open-circuit voltage is one of the main reasons to deteriorate the efficiency of
copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS) based solar cells. The double-layer structures (pp+) for CZTS …

Reduction of interface recombination current for higher performance of p+-CZTSxSe (1-x)/p-CZTS/n-CdS thin-film solar cells using Kesterite intermediate layers

SE Maklavani, S Mohammadnejad - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
There have been significant efforts to enhance the performance of CZTS thin-film solar cells.
However, the increase in series resistance, formation of the unfavorable MoS 2 between the …

The impact of the carrier concentration and recombination current on the p+pn CZTS thin film solar cells

S Enayati Maklavani, S Mohammadnejad - Optical and Quantum …, 2020 - Springer
One of the main causes of low performance of Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) based thin film solar
cells is its high recombination current. In this paper, the effects of the carrier concentration …

Numerical modeling baseline for high efficiency (Cu2FeSnS4) CFTS based thin film kesterite solar cell

YH Khattak, F Baig, S Ullah, B Mari, S Beg, H Ullah - Optik, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 FeSnS 4 (CFTS) is auspicious nontoxic and earth abundant semiconductor
compound having kesterite symmetrical structure. It is an attractive and suitable material for …