Composition dependence of the optical band gap and the secondary phases via zinc content in CZTS material

A Khelfane, MI Ziane, M Tablaoui, M Hecini… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) is attracting a growing interest as a new eco-friendly
photovoltaic material, thanks to its interesting properties such as a band-gap around 1.5 eV …

Selective sulfidation-vacuum volatilization processes for tellurium and bismuth recovery from bismuth telluride waste thermoelectric material

J Ma, T Shi, Y Li, B Yang, Y Tian, B Xu, H Yang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bismuth telluride-based alloy materials are currently the best performing thermoelectric
materials at near room temperature; however, their production and use generate waste (eg …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical bath deposited CdTe thin film: Optical, electrical, and photoresponse aspects

ZS Kachhia, SH Chaki, SR Patel, JP Tailor, ZR Parekh… - Next Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Owning a narrow bandgap, remarkable optical and electrical properties with notable stability
has made cadmium telluride (CdTe) an immensely vital semiconductor to develop cutting …

Tuning the crystalline orientation of quasi 1D anisotropic Sb2Se3 as a function of growth temperature for thin film photovoltaic applications

SM Govindharajulu, AK Jain… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Antimony selenide (Sb 2 Se 3) shows excellent photon absorption in the visible
region and hence gaining tremendous attention from the last decade for thin film …

Tuning the electrical and room-temperature gas sensing properties of transparent ZnO thin films through Mo do**

A Thomas, L Thirumalaisamy… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Springer
Pure as well as Mo-doped ZnO thin films were deposited on glass substrate using the
chemical spray pyrolysis method. Do** with Mo was performed to tune the electrical and …

Performance Study of Cadmium Telluride Solar Cell Featured with Silicon Thin Film Made by Sol-Gel Route

R Venkatesh, PK Singh, MN Bashir, JS Lee… - Silicon, 2025 - Springer
Solar energy has emerged as a promising renewable solution, with cadmium telluride
(CdTe) solar cells leading the way due to their high efficiency and cost-effectiveness. This …

Microstructural, optical, and electrical characteristics of Cu-doped CdTe nanocrystalline films for designing absorber layer in solar cell applications

M Alzaid, NMA Hadia, M El-Hagary… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Springer
This paper reports the microstructure, optical, and electrical characteristics of undoped and
Cu-doped CdTe nanostructured thin films prepared on glass substrates by electron beam …

[HTML][HTML] Structural and Optical Properties of Nickel-Doped Zinc Sulfide

S Alhassan, AH Alshammari, S Alotibi, K Alshammari… - Nanomaterials, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this study, undoped and Ni-doped ZnS nanoparticles were fabricated using a
hydrothermal method to explore their structural, optical, and surface properties. X-ray …

Scrutinizing the effect of substrate temperature and enhancing the multifunctional attributes of spray deposited copper gallium sulfide (CuGaS2) thin films

K Vijayan, SP Vijayachamundeeswari - Phase Transitions, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Polycrystalline chalcopyrite CuGaS2 thin films were prepared using a spray pyrolysis route
has been considered a potential material for the solar cell absorber layer. Scanning Electron …

Suppression of pinhole defects in thin film CdS/CdTe solar cell via gelatin-based negative photoresist passivation

H Liu, Y Zhou, Q **e, G Wang, M Jiang, J Pan… - Materials Science in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The existence of pinholes at the CdS/CdTe and CdTe/back contact interfaces is one of the
main obstacles to achieve high power conversion efficiency (PCE) in thin film CdS/CdTe …