Potential role of kesterites in development of earth‐abundant elements‐based next generation technology

KS Gour, V Karade, P Babar, J Park, DM Lee… - Solar …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe)‐based kesterite thin films have received growing
attention in a wide variety of fields due to their suitable physico‐chemical asset nano‐and …

Germanium Selenide: A Critical Review on Recent Advances in Material Development for Photovoltaic and Photoelectrochemical Water‐Splitting Applications

GU Kamble, SW Shin, SW Park, MA Gaikwad… - Solar …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Germanium selenide (GeSe), a new 2D semiconductor material, is an attractive material due
to its excellent optoelectronic properties, which hold tremendous promise in a wide range of …

Understanding defects and band tailing characteristics and their impact on the device performance of Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 solar cells

VC Karade, MP Suryawanshi, JS Jang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The main causes of the large open-circuit voltage (Voc)-deficit in kesterite-based thin-film
solar cells (TFSCs) are the high concentration of defects, related defect clusters, and poor …

Machine Learning Assisted Analysis, Prediction, and Fabrication of High‐Efficiency CZTSSe Thin Film Solar Cells

VC Karade, SS Sutar, SW Shin… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The Earth‐abundant element‐based Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) absorber is considered
as a promising material for thin‐film solar cells (TFSCs). The current record power …

Combating open circuit voltage loss in Sb2Se3 solar cell with an application of SnS as a back surface field layer

VC Karade, JS Jang, D Kumbhar, M Rao, PS Pawar… - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Recently, Sb 2 Se 3 based solar cells have shown severe open-circuit voltage (V
OC) loss that results in low device efficiency. In the present work, a model of Sb 2 Se 3 solar …

Enhancing carrier transport in flexible CZTSSe solar cells via do** Li strategy

Q Yan, Q Sun, H Deng, W **
KS Gour, VC Karade, M Lee, JS Jang… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recently, kesterite-based absorbers and related compounds have been considered as
promising eco-friendly light absorber materials for thin-film solar cells (TFSCs). However, the …

Improving the Device Performance of CZTSSe Thin-Film Solar Cells via Indium Do**

SD Korade, KS Gour, VC Karade, JS Jang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cation incorporation emerges as a promising approach for improving the performance of the
kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) device. Herein, we report indium (In) do** using …

Pd (II)/Pd (IV) redox shuttle to suppress vacancy defects at grain boundaries for efficient kesterite solar cells

J Wang, J Shi, K Yin, F Meng, S Wang, L Lou… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Charge loss at grain boundaries of kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 polycrystalline absorbers is
an important cause limiting the performance of this emerging thin-film solar cell. Herein, we …

Nanoscale Rear-Interface Passivation in Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Solar Cells through the CuAlO2 Intermediate Layer

KS Gour, V Karade, JS Jang, E Jo… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The present work demonstrates that the addition of p-type CuAlO2 (CAO) as an intermediate
layer between molybdenum (Mo) and the absorber rear interface efficiently improves the …