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, 2024 - 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 …

Recent progress and challenges in controlling secondary phases in kesterite CZT (S/Se) thin films: A critical review

MY Zaki, A Velea - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Kesterite-based copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS) and copper zinc tin selenide (CZTSe) thin
films have attracted considerable attention as promising materials for sustainable and cost …

Dependence of CZTS thin film properties and photovoltaic performance on heating rate and sulfurization time

MA Olgar, S Erkan, R Zan - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, effect of heating rate and sulfurization time on the properties of CZTS thin films
and their photovoltaic performances was investigated. CZTS layers were prepared by a two …

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 …

Impact of preheating environment on microstructural and optoelectronic properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin films deposited by spin-coating

H Ahmoum, P Chelvanathan, MS Su'ait… - Superlattices and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This work presents the effects of the preheating environment on the microstructural,
compositional, optical, and electrical properties of spin-coating-deposited CZTS thin films …

A comprehensive review on Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin film for solar cell: forecast issues and future anticipation

M Baid, A Hashmi, B Jain, AK Singh… - Optical and Quantum …, 2021 - Springer
Past few decades, light absorbing materials based on CuInGaSe 2 and CdTe have been
used for fabrication of thin film solar cells. But main issues arising from these absorbers are …

Effect of secondary phases controlled by precursor composition on the efficiency of CZTS thin film solar cell

S Agrawal, DO De Souza, C Balasubramanian… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Copper Zinc Tin Sulfide (CZTS) has emerged as a promising photo absorber
material for thin film solar cell applications. However, the efficiency of CZTS based solar cell …

Facile designing and assessment of photovoltaic performance of hydrothermally grown kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films: influence of deposition time

SS Patil, RM Mane, SS Mali, CK Hong, PN Bhosale - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Herein, low cost precursor source Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) nanocrystalline thin films at various
reaction time were successfully synthesized via one step hydrothermal route. Hydrothermal …

Control of secondary phases and disorder degree in Cu2ZnSnS4 films by sulfurization at varied subatmospheric pressures

IS Babichuk, MO Semenenko, S Golovynskyi… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) thin films deposited using direct current magnetron sputtering
and sulfurized at different argon atmosphere pressures of 950, 460 and 50 mbar are studied …

Designing next-generation kesterite solar cells: a systematic numerical investigation of innovative structures and design variants for enhanced photovoltaic …

YH Khattak, F Baig, A Bouich, J Marí-Guaita, A Shuja… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a thorough numerical investigation of copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS)-
based solar cells utilizing the SCAPS-1D simulation tool. In light of the scarcity of indium and …