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 …

Numerical analysis of earth-abundant Cu2ZnSn (SxSe1-x) 4 solar cells based on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry results by using SCAPS-1D

L Et-taya, T Ouslimane, A Benami - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Mixed chalcogenide CZTSSe with earth abundant elements, inexpensive, environmental-
friendly and impressive photovoltaic performance is a promising absorber material for …

Elemental Precursor Solution Processed (Cu1–xAgx)2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Photovoltaic Devices with over 10% Efficiency

Y Qi, Q Tian, Y Meng, D Kou, Z Zhou… - ACS applied materials …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The partial substitution of Cu+ with Ag+ into the host lattice of Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 thin films
can reduce the open-circuit voltage deficit (V oc, deficit) of Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) …

Device characteristics of an 11.4% CZTSe solar cell fabricated from sputtered precursors

T Taskesen, J Neerken, J Schoneberg… - Advanced Energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Kesterite is an attractive material for absorber layers in thin film photovoltaics. Solar cells
based on kesterite have shown a substantial progress over the last decade; nevertheless …

Energy band alignment at the heterointerface between CdS and Ag-alloyed CZTS

M Gansukh, Z Li, ME Rodriguez, S Engberg… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Energy band alignment at the heterointerface between CdS and kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4
(CZTS) and its alloys plays a crucial role in determining the efficiency of the solar cells …

Effect of Cu–Sn–Se liquid phase on grain growth and efficiency of CZTSSe solar cells

SY Kim, DH Son, SH Kim, YI Kim, S Kim… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, a liquid‐assisted grain growth (LGG) mechanism for a vacuum‐processed Cu2ZnSn
(S1− xSex) 4 (CZTSSe) absorber that is enabled by the presence of a liquid phase …

Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 from annealing of compound co-sputtered precursors–Recent results and open questions

S Englund, N Saini, C Platzer-Björkman - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTS) thin film solar cells have reached efficiencies of up to
12.6% and current research is focused on understanding reasons for device limitations. At …

Development of a CZTS solar cell with CdS buffer layer deposited by RF magnetron sputtering

N Akcay, EP Zaretskaya, S Ozcelik - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2019 - Elsevier
A thin film solar cell device having the architecture Ni/Al/Al: ZnO/i-ZnO/CdS/CZTS/Mo/SLG
with a RF-sputtered CdS buffer layer was reported in this study. CZTS absorber layers were …

Formation of the front-gradient bandgap in the Ag doped CZTSe thin films and solar cells

D Wang, J Wu, X Liu, L Wu, J Ao, W Liu, Y Sun… - Journal of Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
The graded bandgap of kesterite based absorber layer is an important way to achieve high
efficiency solar cells. Incorporation of Ag into CZTSSe thin films can adjust the bandgap and …

Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film as a counter electrode in zinc stannate-based dye-sensitized solar cells

M Soltanmohammadi, V Karimi, S Alee… - Semiconductor …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In this study, we deposited Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) thin films with various thicknesses using
electrodeposition and sputtering methods to exploit them as counter electrodes (CEs) in Zn …