Recent advances in cuprous oxide thin film based photovoltaics

A Lakshmanan, ZC Alex, SR Meher - Materials Today Sustainability, 2022 - Elsevier
Thin film based photovoltaics is the promising alternative to the Si-based solar cells for the
widespread use of solar energy. Cu 2 O, owing to its binary nature, is a strong contender to …

Efficient photocatalytic production of hydrogen by exploiting the polydopamine-semiconductor interface

Y Kim, E Coy, H Kim, R Mrówczyński, P Torruella… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic hydrogen (H 2) production on zinc sulfide (ZnS) still remains unsatisfactory
because of the fast charge carrier recombination through direct-bandgap and …

[HTML][HTML] Luminescence of undoped commercial ZnS crystals: A critical review and new evidence on the role of impurities using photoluminescence and electrical …

M Saleh, KG Lynn, LG Jacobsohn… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Bulk undoped ZnS materials exhibit relatively bright yet diverse luminescence behavior,
which has, in recent years, been attributed to intrinsic defects. However, the luminescence …

Metal oxides as buffer layers for CZTS based solar cells: a numerical analysis by SCAPS-1D software

B Maharana, R Jha, S Chatterjee - Optical Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) has been widely used as absorber layer for an alternative
cadmium free thin film solar cell material. However, in some of the CZTS based solar cell still …

Band gap engineering of newly discovered ZnO/ZnS polytypic nanomaterials

D Zagorac, J Zagorac, M Pejić, B Matović, JC Schön - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
We report on a new class of ZnO/ZnS nanomaterials based on the wurtzite/sphalerite
architecture with improved electronic properties. Semiconducting properties of pristine ZnO …

Experimental and ab initio studies of the structural and optoelectronic properties of hexagonal wurtzite ZnO1-xSx alloys

A Lakshmanan, ZC Alex, SR Meher - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
The structural and optoelectronic properties of ZnO 1-x S x alloys were investigated
experimentally as well as theoretically. The ZnO 1-x S x alloy thin films at different S …

Waste- and Cd-Free Inkjet-Printed Zn(O,S) Buffer for Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 Thin-Film Solar Cells

VB Chu, D Siopa, A Debot, D Adeleye… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Thin film semiconductors grown using chemical bath methods produce large amounts of
waste solvent and chemicals that then require costly waste processing. We replace the toxic …

Reactively sputtered Zn (O, S) buffer layers for controlling band alignment of Cu (In, Ga) Se2 thin-film solar cell interface

DH Cho, WJ Lee, ME Kim, K Kim, JH Yun… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Buffer layers in Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGS) solar cells are highly preferable to be
vacuum-compatible and use non-toxic materials not only for the film but also for the …

Atomic Layer Deposition of Zn(O,S) Alloys Using Diethylzinc with H2O and H2S: Effect of Exchange Reactions

DK Lancaster, H Sun, SM George - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Zn (O, S) thin films have a tunable band gap and are useful as conduction and valence band
buffers in various types of solar cells. Previous growth of Zn (O, S) thin films by atomic layer …

Influence of thiourea on the synthesis and characterization of chemically deposited nano structured zinc sulphide thin films

V Padmavathy, S Sankar, V Ponnuswamy - Journal of Materials Science …, 2018 - Springer
Nanocrystalline ZnS thin films incorporated onto glass substrates by chemical bath
deposition method were investigated by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Atomic Force Microscopy …