Kesterite solar cells: insights into current strategies and challenges

M He, C Yan, J Li, MP Suryawanshi, J Kim… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Earth‐abundant and environmentally benign kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) is a
promising alternative to its cousin chalcopyrite Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGS) for photovoltaic …

[HTML][HTML] Do** and alloying of kesterites

YE Romanyuk, SG Haass, S Giraldo… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Attempts to improve the efficiency of kesterite solar cells by changing the intrinsic
stoichiometry have not helped to boost the device efficiency beyond the current record of …

Ag, Ti dual-cation substitution in Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 induced growth promotion and defect suppression for high-efficiency solar cells

XY Chen, M Ishaq, N Ahmad, R Tang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The existence of various detrimental defects inside the absorber layer is a major obstacle
limiting the performance of kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) thin-film solar cells …

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 …

Defects passivation by solution-processed titanium do** strategy towards high efficiency kesterite solar cells

U Farooq, UA Shah, M Ishaq, JG Hu, S Ahmed… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The performance of kesterite Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) thin films solar cells is limited
mainly because of the two technical bottlenecks, including multilayer crystallization in non …

Complex interplay between absorber composition and alkali do** in high‐efficiency kesterite solar cells

SG Haass, C Andres, R Figi, C Schreiner… - Advanced Energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Sodium treatment of kesterite layers is a widely used and efficient method to boost solar cell
efficiency. However, first experiments employing other alkali elements cause confusion as …

Efficiency enhancement of CZTSe solar cells based on in situ K-doped precursor

S Tao, L Dong, J Han, Y Wang, Q Gong… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
An in situ potassium (K)-doped copper–zinc–tin–sulfide (CZTS) precursor is prepared and
annealed through selenization. After comprehensive optimization of the annealing, a cell …

Achieving highly efficient kesterite solar cells using simultaneous surface Ge substitution and rear interface engineering strategies

MC Baek, JS Jang, VC Karade, MP Suryawanshi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The progress in the device performance of kesterite-based thin-film solar cells (TFSCs) have
been stagnant due to unstable rear contact properties and large open circuit voltage (V oc) …

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 …