Emerging chalcogenide thin films for solar energy harvesting devices

S Hadke, M Huang, C Chen, YF Tay, S Chen… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chalcogenide semiconductors offer excellent optoelectronic properties for their use in solar
cells, exemplified by the commercialization of Cu (In, Ga) Se2-and CdTe-based photovoltaic …

Defect engineering in multinary earth‐abundant chalcogenide photovoltaic materials

D Shin, B Saparov, DB Mitzi - Advanced Energy Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Application of zinc‐blende‐related chalcogenide absorbers such as CdTe and Cu (In, Ga)
Se2 (CIGSe) has enabled remarkable advancement in laboratory‐and commercial‐scale …

Ge bidirectional diffusion to simultaneously engineer back interface and bulk defects in the absorber for efficient CZTSSe solar cells

J Wang, J Zhou, X Xu, F Meng, C **ang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aiming at a large open‐circuit voltage (VOC) deficit in Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar
cells, a new and effective strategy to simultaneously regulate the back interface and restrain …

Classification of Lattice Defects in the Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 and Cu2ZnSnSe4 Earth‐Abundant Solar Cell Absorbers

S Chen, A Walsh, XG Gong, SH Wei - Advanced materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The kesterite‐structured semiconductors Cu2ZnSnS4 and Cu2ZnSnSe4 are drawing
considerable attention recently as the active layers in earth‐abundant low‐cost thin‐film …

The current status and future prospects of kesterite solar cells: a brief review

X Liu, Y Feng, H Cui, F Liu, X Hao… - Progress in …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Kesterite‐based solar cells are attracting considerable attention in recent years, owing to the
reduced toxicity and greater abundance of their constituent elements. In this brief review, we …

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 …

Physics of defects in metal halide perovskites

C Bao, F Gao - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Metal halide perovskites are widely used in optoelectronic devices, including solar cells,
photodetectors, and light-emitting diodes. Defects in this class of low-temperature solution …

High Efficiency Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Solar Cells with Shallow LiZn Acceptor Defects Enabled by Solution‐Based Li Post‐Deposition Treatment

M He, X Zhang, J Huang, J Li, C Yan… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium incorporation in kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) materials has been
experimentally proven effective in improving electronic quality for application in photovoltaic …

Improvement in Sb2Se3 Solar Cell Efficiency through Band Alignment Engineering at the Buffer/Absorber Interface

G Li, Z Li, X Liang, C Guo, K Shen… - ACS applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Energy band alignment plays an important role in heterojunction thin-film solar cells. In this
work, we report the application of ternary Cd x Zn1–x S buffer layers in antimony selenide …

Analysis of Cu2ZnSnS4/CdS based photovoltaic cell: a numerical simulation approach

SR Meher, L Balakrishnan, ZC Alex - Superlattices and Microstructures, 2016 - Elsevier
In the present work, p-Cu 2 ZnSnS 4/n-CdS heterojunction solar cells have been analysed
through Solar Cell Capacitance Simulator (SCAPS). The effects of various layer parameters …