Kesterite solar cells: insights into current strategies and challenges

M He, C Yan, J Li, MP Suryawanshi, J Kim… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Earth‐abundant and environmentally benign kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) is a
promising alternative to its cousin chalcopyrite Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGS) for photovoltaic …

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 …

Review on Cu2SnS3, Cu3SnS4, and Cu4SnS4 thin films and their photovoltaic performance

VRM Reddy, MR Pallavolu, PR Guddeti, S Gedi… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The rapid progress on the Cu–Sn–S (Cu 2 SnS 3, Cu 3 SnS 4, and Cu 4 SnS 4) solar cells
has opened a new avenue to generate the electrical energy at ultra-low-cost. Therefore, the …

Systematic Efficiency Improvement for Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Solar Cells By Double Cation Incorporation with Cd and Ge

M He, J Huang, J Li, JS Jang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The performance of kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cell is known to be severely
limited by the nonradiative recombination near the heterojunction interface and within the …

10.3% Efficient Green Cd‐Free Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells Enabled by Liquid‐Phase Promoted Grain Growth

X Yuan, J Li, J Huang, C Yan, X Cui, K Sun, J Cong… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Small grain size and near‐horizontal grain boundaries are known to be detrimental to the
carrier collection efficiency and device performance of pure‐sulfide Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) …

Cu2SnS3 based photovoltaic structure with improved open circuit voltage for air stable self-driven enhanced NIR photodetection

A Paul, B Krishnan, S Shaji, DA Avellaneda - Applied Surface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Copper tin sulfide (Cu 2 SnS 3) is an environmentally benign and economical
semiconductor comprising earth-abundant, non-toxic elements with flexible optoelectronic …

Interface engineering of pn heterojunction for kesterite photovoltaics: A progress review

M He, K Sun, MP Suryawanshi, J Li, X Hao - Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Kesterite Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) is considered one of the most promising
thin-film photovoltaic (PV) technologies due to its bandgap tunability (1.0~ 1.5 eV) and high …

The versatility of copper tin sulfide

AC Lokhande, PT Babar, VC Karade… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, copper tin sulfide (CTS) chalcogenide compounds have witnessed
applicability in various fields, rendering them as a formidable candidate for various …

Investigation on photovoltaic performance of Cu2SnS3 thin film solar cells fabricated by RF-sputtered In2S3 buffer layer

N Akcay, VF Gremenok, Y Ozen, KP Buskis… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
A two-step process was used to prepare Cu 2 SnS 3 films in this study: first, precursor stacks
were deposited using a magnetron sputtering technique, and then the stacks were annealed …

Recent developments and prospects of copper tin sulphide (Cu2SnS3) thin films for photovoltaic applications

J Raval, B Shah, D Kumar, SH Chaki… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ternary copper tin sulphide, Cu 2 SnS 3 (CTS) is prominent material of semiconductor
industry due to p-type semiconducting, sufficient band gap, high mobility, high carrier …