Progress and perspectives of thin film kesterite photovoltaic technology: a critical review

S Giraldo, Z Jehl, M Placidi… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The latest progress and future perspectives of thin film photovoltaic kesterite technology are
reviewed herein. Kesterite is currently the most promising emerging fully inorganic thin film …

Enhancing the value of environment-friendly CZTS compound for next generation photovoltaic device: a review

T Amrillah - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) is considered a solar cell material alternative to CuInGaSe 2
(CIGS); they have almost the same performance; except for power conversion efficiency …

Enhancing the photovoltaic performance of Cd-free Cu2ZnSnS4 heterojunction solar cells using SnS HTL and TiO2 ETL

MA Rahman - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 chalcogenide semiconductor is a very promising absorber material for solar
cells and no longer fulfilled its realistic goals due to the possible challenge of defect-free …

Progress and prospects of CZTSSe/CdS interface engineering to combat high open-circuit voltage deficit of kesterite photovoltaics: a critical review

K Kaur, M Kumar - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
CZTSSe solar cells are considered to be potential and cost-effective alternative solutions to
mature photovoltaic technology for meeting future energy demands. However, the current …

Design and simulation of a high-performance Cd-free Cu2SnSe3 solar cells with SnS electron-blocking hole transport layer and TiO2 electron transport layer by …

MA Rahman - SN Applied Sciences, 2021 - Springer
This article presents numerical investigations of the novel (Ni/SnS/Cu 2 SnSe 3/TiO 2/ITO/Al)
heterostructure of Cu 2 SnSe 3 based solar cell using SCAPS-1D simulator. Purpose of this …

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 …

Simulation of CZTSSe thin-film solar cells in COMSOL: Three-dimensional optical, electrical, and thermal models

S Zandi, P Saxena, M Razaghi… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Cu 2 ZnSnS x Se 4-x (CZTSSe) thin-film solar cells have attracted the attention of
researchers due to its earth-abundant composition containing Copper, Zinc, Tin and Sulfur …

Numerical simulations of novel quaternary chalcogenide Ag2MgSn (S/Se) 4 based thin film solar cells using SCAPS 1-D

A Srivastava, SK Tripathy, TR Lenka, V Goyal - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents numerical simulation study of novel chalcogenide materials Ag 2
MgSnS 4 and Ag 2 MgSnSe 4 based thin film solar cells using SCAPS-1D simulation …

Impact of various dopant elements on the properties of kesterite compounds for solar cell applications: a status review

DS Dhawale, A Ali, AC Lokhande - Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Earth-abundant and nontoxic kesterite compounds, such as Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS),
Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe), and Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe), have made tremendous …

Theoretical investigation on enhancement of output performance of CZTSSe based solar cell

DK Dwivedi - solar energy, 2019 - Elsevier
CZTSSe offers cheap, environmental friendly and earth abundant material for solar devices,
yet the record power conversion efficiency for such solar cells has stagnated at about 12 …