Defect engineering in multinary earth‐abundant chalcogenide photovoltaic materials

D Shin, B Saparov, DB Mitzi - Advanced Energy Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Application of zinc‐blende‐related chalcogenide absorbers such as CdTe and Cu (In, Ga)
Se2 (CIGSe) has enabled remarkable advancement in laboratory‐and commercial‐scale …

A progress review on the modification of CZTS (e)-based thin-film solar cells

HS Nugroho, G Refantero, NLW Septiani… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing demand for energy in recent decades due to rapid industrial and population
growth has resulted in a heavy dependence on non-renewable energy which leads to …

Point defects, compositional fluctuations, and secondary phases in non-stoichiometric kesterites

S Schorr, G Gurieva, M Guc… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The efficiency of kesterite-based solar cells is limited by various non-ideal recombination
paths, amongst others by a high density of defect states and by the presence of binary or …

Physical routes for the synthesis of kesterite

T Ratz, G Brammertz, R Caballero, M León… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper provides an overview of the physical vapor technologies used to synthesize Cu 2
ZnSn (S, Se) 4 thin films as absorber layers for photovoltaic applications. Through the years …

Secondary phase and Cu substitutional defect dynamics in kesterite solar cells: Impact on optoelectronic properties

M Dimitrievska, A Fairbrother, E Saucedo… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
Low open circuit voltage (V OC) has been recognized as one of the principle limitations in
the current generation of kesterite based solar cells. In order to investigate the origin and …

Impact of Na Dynamics at the Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4/CdS Interface During Post Low Temperature Treatment of Absorbers

H **e, S López-Marino, T Olar, Y Sánchez… - … applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Cu2SnZn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells based on earth abundant and nontoxic elements
currently achieve efficiencies exceeding 12%. It has been reported that, to obtain high …