A critical review on the progress of kesterite solar cells: Current strategies and insights

A Wang, M He, MA Green, K Sun… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) with earth‐abundant and environmental‐
benign constituents has been regarded as a promising solar energy harvesting material for …

A review on advancements, challenges, and prospective of copper and non-copper based thin-film solar cells using facile spray pyrolysis technique

K Vijayan, SP Vijayachamundeeswari, K Sivaperuman… - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The indispensability and innovations in thin-film-based solar cells are gaining attention
among researchers due to their tremendous growth as a sustainable energy source. The …

Defect suppression for high-efficiency kesterite CZTSSe solar cells: advances and prospects

H Wei, Y Li, C Cui, X Wang, Z Shao, S Pang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Comprising of earth-abundant, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly elements, kesterite
Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells are demonstrated to have enormous potential to …

A progress review on the modification of CZTS (e)-based thin-film solar cells

HS Nugroho, G Refantero, NLW Septiani… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing demand for energy in recent decades due to rapid industrial and population
growth has resulted in a heavy dependence on non-renewable energy which leads to …

Overview of the current state of flexible solar panels and photovoltaic materials

R Dallaev, T Pisarenko, N Papež, V Holcman - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The rapid growth and evolution of solar panel technology have been driven by continuous
advancements in materials science. This review paper provides a comprehensive overview …

CZTSSe solar cells: insights into interface engineering

Y Li, H Wei, C Cui, X Wang, Z Shao, S Pang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) photovoltaic (PV) technology has attracted much attention due
to its cost efficiency, non-toxic nature, and use of earth-abundant elements. However, the …

Understanding defects and band tailing characteristics and their impact on the device performance of Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 solar cells

VC Karade, MP Suryawanshi, JS Jang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The main causes of the large open-circuit voltage (Voc)-deficit in kesterite-based thin-film
solar cells (TFSCs) are the high concentration of defects, related defect clusters, and poor …

Efficiency boost of CZTS solar cells based on double-absorber architecture: Device modeling and analysis

T AlZoubi, A Moghrabi, M Moustafa, S Yasin - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, we present a new alternative approach that utilizes Si as a second absorber
along with the primary CZTS absorber to improve all photovoltaics performance parameters …

Modeling and optimization of CZTS kesterite solar cells using TiO2 as efficient electron transport layer

H Bencherif, L Dehimi, N Mahsar, E Kouriche… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a numerical simulation study via AMPS 1D simulator is carried out to
investigate the degradation mechanisms occurred in hybrid Cu 2 (Zn, Sn) Se 4 (CZTS) solar …

Coherent-Twinning-Enhanced Solar Water Splitting in Thin-Film Cu2ZnSnS4 Photocathodes

P Guo, Y **ao, R Mo, X Li, H Li - ACS Energy Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Grain boundary engineering is a proven strategy to improve the efficiency of thin-film solar
water splitting. In particular, a photoelectrode with grain-through twins could exhibit efficient …