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 …

Substitution of Zn in Earth‐Abundant Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 based thin film solar cells–A status review

MS Kumar, SP Madhusudanan, SK Batabyal - Solar Energy Materials and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) and Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) are the most promising
quaternary earth abundant photo-absorber materials for thin film solar cells, with reported …

Wurtzite-derived polytypes of kesterite and stannite quaternary chalcogenide semiconductors

S Chen, A Walsh, Y Luo, JH Yang, XG Gong… - Physical Review B …, 2010 - APS
The I 2-II-IV-VI 4 quaternary chalcogenide semiconductors (eg, Cu 2 ZnGeS 4, Cu 2 ZnSnS
4, Cu 2 ZnGeSe 4 Cu 2 CdSnSe 4, and Ag 2 CdGeSe 4) have been studied for more than 40 …

A general strategy for synthesis of quaternary semiconductor Cu 2 MSnS 4 (M= Co 2+, Fe 2+, Ni 2+, Mn 2+) nanocrystals

Y Cui, R Deng, G Wang, D Pan - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Quaternary semiconductor Cu2MSnS4 (M= Co2+, Fe2+, Ni2+, Mn2+) nanocrystals have
been successfully synthesized via a simple and mild solvothermal method. Cu2FeSnS4 and …

Defect suppression in multinary chalcogenide photovoltaic materials derived from kesterite: progress and outlook

Q Tian, SF Liu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The performance of many emerging multinary chalcogenides for photovoltaic (PV)
applications has been considerably inferior to the Shockley–Queisser limit, and one of the …

Structural, Electronic, and Optical Properties of Cu2NiSnS4: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study toward Photovoltaic Applications

S Rondiya, N Wadnerkar, Y Jadhav, S Jadkar… - Chemistry of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Earth-abundant quaternary chalcogenides are promising candidate materials for thin-film
solar cells. Here we have synthesized Cu2NiSnS4 nanocrystals and thin films in a novel …

Photovoltaic effect in earth abundant solution processed Cu2MnSnS4 and Cu2MnSn (S, Se) 4 thin films

RR Prabhakar, S Zhenghua, Z **n, T Baikie… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work, we present the first report on thin film solar cells that employ Cu 2 MnSnS 4
(CMTS) and Cu 2 MnSn (S, Se) 4 (CMTSSe) as the absorber. CMTS and CMTSSe thin films …

Spin-flop transition in uniaxial antiferromagnets: Magnetic phases, reorientation effects, and multidomain states

AN Bogdanov, AV Zhuravlev, UK Rößler - Physical Review B—Condensed …, 2007 - APS
The classical spin flop is the field-driven first-order reorientation transition in easy-axis
antiferromagnets. A comprehensive phenomenological theory of easy-axis antiferromagnets …

First-principles study of elastic, electronic, optical and thermoelectric properties of newly synthesized K2Cu2GeS4 chalcogenide

MA Ali, MA Hossain, MA Rayhan, MM Hossain… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this article, we report the elastic, electronic, optical and thermoelectric properties of
recently synthesized K 2 Cu 2 GeS 4 chalcogenide. The structural parameters are found to …

Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Stannite Cu2ZnSnSe4 and Ag2ZnSnSe4 for Thermoelectric Applications

K Wei, GS Nolas - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2015 - ACS Publications
Cu2ZnSnSe4 and Ag2ZnSnSe4 nanocrystals were synthesized by a colloidal synthesis
route and subsequently densified to form dense polycrystalline bulk specimens with …